Accommodation Centro de Portugal Almeida Hotel Fortaleza de Almeida Hotel accommodation / Hotel / **** Address: Rua da Muralha 6350-112 Almeida Telephone: +351 271 574 283 Fax: +351 271 574 320 E-mail: pousadadealmeida@armail.pt Website: http://www.hotelparadordealmeida.com Caldas da Rainha INATEL Foz do Arelho Hotel Hotel accommodation / Hotel / *** Address: Rua Francisco de Almeida Grandella, 172500-487 Foz do Arelho Telephone: + 351 262 975 100 Fax: + 351 262 979 392 E-mail: inatel.foz@inatel.pt Website: http://www.inatel.pt Curia Palace Hotel da Curia Hotel accommodation / Hotel / **** Address: Curia 3780-541 Tamengos-Anadia Telephone: +351 231 510 300 Fax: +351 231 515 531 E-mail: curia@almeidahotels.com Website: http://www.almeidahotels.com Nelas Solar Ponces de Carvalho Tourism in a Manor House Address: Rua Conde de Vilar Seco, 4 3520-225 Vilar Seco / Nelas Telephone: +351 912 355 422 Fax: +351 232 940 053 E-mail: solarponcesdecarvalho@gmail.com Porto and the North 1/20
Vale de Cambra Quinta Progresso Hotel accommodation / Hotel / **** Address: Macieira-a-Velha, Macieira de Cambra 3730-289 Vale de Cambra Telephone: +351 256 410 890 Fax: +351 256 410 899 E-mail: quintaprogresso@netvisao.pt Website: http://www.quintaprogresso.com 2/20
Baths, Spas and Thalassotherapy Centro de Portugal Almeida Termas de Almeida Fonte Santa Address: Encosta da Fonte Santa 6350 Almeida / Guarda Telephone: +351 271 571 123 / +351 271 571 080 Fax: +351 271 571 081 E-mail: geral@almeidamunicipia.pt Website: http://www.almeidamunicipia.pt 3/20
Events Centro de Portugal Linhares da Beira The Castles Quest Sport Contacts Linhares da Beira Start Date: 2019-09-14 End Date: 2019-09-22 Start with the conquest of villages, castles and fortresses by taking part in a mountain biking competition that takes in the historical villages of Portugal s Centro Region.This is an adventure that can be experienced solo or in teams of two or (...) Lisboa Region Lisboa João Pedro Pais - 20 Years Music Contacts Coliseu dos Recreios - Lisboa Website: http://www.coliseulisboa.com Start Date: 2018-10-27 End Date: 2018-10-27 Timetable: 09:30 pm; The acclaimed Portuguese musician João Pedro Pais celebrates 20 years of career and marks this special date with the launch of a new album, "João Pedro Pais 20 Anos", and some very special shows, namely one taking place in the most emblematic show (...) Porto and the North Porto Porto Book Fair Fairs Contacts Porto Website: https://www.facebook.com/feiradolivrodoporto.cmp Start Date: 2019-09-01 End Date: 2019-09-30 The event will take place in Palácio de Cristal Gardens. There will be over 100 exhibition halls. The fair has the participation of publishers, but also booksellers and bookstores, with the novelty of the presence of Porto Editora. 4/20
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Museums, Monuments and Sites Alentejo Moura Igreja de São João Baptista - Matriz de Moura Address: Praça Sacadura Cabral 7860-001 Moura Built at the beginning of the 16th century by the architect Cristóvão de Almeida, this church, which is now classified as a National Monument, is an excellent example of the Manueline artistic style. It has a simple structure with an extremely (...) Centro de Portugal Abrantes Igreja de Santa Maria do Castelo - Abrantes Address: Castelo de Abrantes 2200 Abrantes Telephone: +351 241 371 724 Church from the 15th / 16th c. in gothic style, that houses D. Lopo de Almeida Museum. Museu Dom Lopo de Almeida Address: Castelo de Abrantes 2200 Abrantes Telephone: +351 241 371 724 Fax: +351 241 330 186 E-mail: cultura@cm-abrantes.pt Website: http://www.cmabrantes.pt Timetable: 10am 6pm (Tuesday to Sunday) Closed: Monday ; Characteristics and Services: Guided Tours; The museum is housed inside the church of Santa Maria do Castelo and has the most remarkable collection of Sevillan corda seca azulejos in the whole of Portugal. It also has several collections of paintings, religious vestments, ethnography and (...) Almeida Muralhas da Praça de Almeida Address: Almeida Walls of the Praça de Almeida The fort has the shape of a regular polygon and its walls, ramparts, ravelins, gates, casemates and moats form one of the most important examples of a complete fortification system. The (...) 6/20
Caldas da Rainha Museu de José Malhoa Address: Parque D. Carlos I 2500-109 Caldas da Rainha Telephone: +351 262 831 984 Fax: +351 262 843 420 E-mail: mjm@imc-ip.pt Website: http://mjm.imc-ip.pt Timetable: 10 am - 12.30 pm / 2 pm - 5 pm (Tuesday to Sunday) Closed: Monday, 1 January, Easter, 1 May and 25 December; Accessibility: Disabled access; Characteristics and Services: Shops; Guided Tours; Payments: Credit cards accepted; Travellers Cheques accepted; The museum, dedicated to the work of José Malhoa, was created in 1933, a few months before the painter s death, and housed temporarily in the Casa dos Barcos, in the Parque Dom Carlos I, graciously provided and improved by the Spa Hospital. The (...) Covilhã Muralhas da Cidade da Covilhã Address: Covilhã The castle and the city walls were built by King Dom Sancho I (1185-1211), the king responsible for the Christian Reconquest in this part of Portugal. The walls were later reinforced by King Dom Dinis (1279-1325). There were five turreted entrance (...) Viseu Museu de Grão Vasco Address: Paço dos Três Escalões 3500-195 Viseu Telephone: +351 232 422 049 Fax: +351 232 421 241 E-mail: mngv@mngv.dgpc.pt Website: http://www.patrim oniocultural.gov.pt/pt/museus-e-monumentos/redeportuguesa/m/museu-grao-vasco/ Timetable: 2pm - 6pm (Tuesday) / 10am - 6pm (Wednesday to Sunday) Closed: Monday and Public Holidays (1 January, Easter Sunday, 1 May, 25 December); Accessibility: Disabled access; Disabled access; Accessible route to the entrance: Total; Accessible entrance: Total; Accessible circulation inside: Total; Accessible areas/services: Toilets; Support products/services available: Visual impairment; Characteristics and Services: Shops; Guided Tours; Cafeteria; Restaurant; Founded in 1915 by Francisco de Almeida Moreira, who devoted much of his life to collecting Portuguese works of art, especially those that were representative of the best Portuguese modern and contemporary painters, the Grão Vasco Museum is housed (...) Lisboa Region 7/20
Lisboa Casa-Museu Fundação Medeiros e Almeida Address: Rua Rosa Araújo, 41 1250-194 Lisboa Telephone: +351 21 354 78 92 Fax: +351 21 356 19 51-21 316 04 68 E-mail: geral@fundacaomedeirosealmeida.pt Website: http://www.fundacaomedeirosealmeida.pt Timetable: 1pm - 5.30 pm. (Monday to Friday); Saturday: 10am - 5.30pm Closed: Sunday and public holidays; Characteristics and Services: Shops; Guided Tours; Cafeteria; The residence of António de Medeiros e Almeida (1895-1986) was converted into a house-museum by the owner himself in the early 1970s. He established the Medeiros e Almeida Foundation, to which he donated his whole estate, in 1973. The museum space (...) Igreja de Santo Estevão de Alfama Address: Largo de Santo Estevão 1100-001 Lisboa The Igreja de Santo Estevão, situated in Alfama, was built in 1733, on the foundations of a former 12th-century church. Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Fátima - Lisboa Address: Avenida Marquês de Tomar 1050-154 LISBOA Telephone: +351 21 792 83 00 Timetable: Monday - Saturday: 8.30am-1pm / 4pm-8pm Sundays: 8.30-1pm / 4.30-8.00; The first church built after the Founding of the Republic.After the Catholic Church recognised the Fatima Apparitions in October 1930, it was decided that a new parish in Lisbon dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima would be created, and a new church (...) Padrão dos Descobrimentos Address: Santa Maria de Belém Telephone: +351 21 303 19 50 Fax: +351 21 303 19 50 The imposing Monument to the Discoveries stamps its mark on the riverside at Belém. It was designed in 1940 to commemorate the "Exposition of the Portuguese World", promoted by the Salazar government to celebrate the eighth and third centenaries of (...) The church s design, as well as its rather unusual positioning in a north-south direction, was the work of its architect (...) Sintra Igreja de São Pedro de Penaferrim Address: Largo da Igreja - São Pedro de Penaferrim 2710-487 Sintra Telephone: +351 21 923 08 44 The Igreja de São Pedro de Penaferrim was rebuilt in the 16th century at the orders of Dom Álvaro de Castro on the site of a mediaeval church. Consisting of just one single nave, the church is well worth visiting for the blue and white azulejo (...) Porto and the North Matosinhos Mosteiro de Leça do Balio Address: Rua do Mosteiro 4465-703 Leça do Balio Telephone: 0351 229 010 153 Timetable: 9.30am/12pm - 2pm/5.30pm Closed: Monday and Thursday (morning). ; This site's religious origins date back to the 10th century when a mixed convent for both nuns and monks was founded by the Order of St. Benedict and dedicated to Salvador. In the 12th century, the monastery was donated to the Order of the Hospital (...) 8/20
Porto Câmara Municipal do Porto Address: Avenida dos Aliados Porto Porto City Council This striking building, harking back to the architecture of the great communal palaces of the north of Europe, is set at the top of the Avenida dos Aliados (Avenue of the Allies). Construction began on this robust, imposing (...) Vila Nova de Gaia Aqueduto dos Arcos do Sardão Address: Lugar do Sardão - Oliveira do Douro This aqueduct was built in 1720 at the orders of José Bento Leitão, the maternal grandfather of the Portuguese writer Almeida Garrett. It was built to carry water from a spring at Vilar de Andorinho to the palace of Quinta do Sardão. It is a (...) 9/20
News 2019 Michelin Stars in Portugal On the 10th anniversary of the Michelin Gala, Portugal welcomed the big international gastronomy festival, hosting the Michelin star award ceremony at the Carlos Lopes Pavilion, in Lisbon. On November 21, the restaurants distinguished by the (...) A Gaiola Dourada (The Gilded Cage) at Museum of Modern Art in New York City Arte Institute is pleased to present the screening of the movie "The Gilded Cage" at Museum of Modern Art in New York City on April 12 at 4 p.m. Director Ruben Alves and actors Rita Blanco and Joaquim de Almeida will be attending.the film is a (...) 10/20
Other interesting features Centro de Portugal Aveiro Aveiro - On the right bank of the Canal Central Other informations: Aveiro - On the right bank of the Canal Central; Starting in Praça Luís Cipriano, walk along Rua de Coimbra and into the Praça da República, framed by the buildings of the Paços do Concelho (the 18th-century town hall). The city s coat of arms can be seen on the pediment, surmounted by a (...) Viseu From Rossio to the Almeida Moreira house Museum Other informations: From Rossio to the Almeida Moreira house Museum; The Rossio in Viseu (also known as the Praça da República) is a pleasant rectangular square, ornamented with lime trees and is very popular amongst the city's population, which gathers in the site and considers it to be its (...) Lisboa Region Lisboa Teatro Nacional D. Maria II Address: Praça D. Pedro IV (Rossio) 1100-201 LISBOA Telephone: +351 21 325 08 00 E-mail: geral@teatro-dmaria.pt Website: http://www.teatro-dmaria.pt Other informations: Guided tours - information and bookings: E-mail: visitasguiadas@teatro-dmaria.pt or tel.: %20351 21 325 08 28 (Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m to 5 p.m.); Founded by Almeida Garrett, and inaugurated in 1846, the D. Maria II National Theatre, designed by Italian architect Fortunato Lodi, has a neoclassical architectural style. The Theatre was virtually destroyed by fire in 1964 and re-opened to the (...) 11/20
Rent-a-Car and Caravans Azores Ilha de São Jorge RENT-A-CAR ALMEIDA & AZEVEDO Address: Av. Livramento 9800-522 VELAS Telephone: 295 430159 Fax: 296 12/20
Restaurants and Cafés Alentejo Évora Dom Joaquim Address: Rua dos Penedos, nº 6, 7000-537 Évora Telephone: +351 266 731 105 / +351 938 092 121 E-mail: restaurantedomjoaquim@gmail.com 13/20
Suggestions Discovering the baroque in Portugal Travel across Portugal from north to south, including a trip to the archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores, and discover the fascinating icons that illustrate the Golden Age in Portugal.Having arrived in Portugal later than it did in the rest (...) Alentejo Évora Évora - Accessible Tour Founded in Roman times, Évora's golden age started when it was chosen as the residence of kings and nobles in the 15th century. This historical importance, which is reflected in the built heritage, and the fact that it became established as a (...) Évora, World Heritage Site Évora, a book of Portuguese art history.the best way to see the city is on foot, walking through its narrow streets lined with white houses, discovering along the way the monuments and details that reveal the history of Évora and its rich (...) Algarve Lagos Lagos Accessible Tour Lagos is a city where you can enjoy peaceful walks, with the sea always on the horizon. Along the way you can discover its historic past, whose heyday was in the 15th century, an era of discoveries, or simply enjoy the scenery or the beauty of the (...) Azores Ilha de São Jorge São Jorge: the island of fajãs São Jorgeis an island of cliffs, crags and fajãs, one of the greenest in the Azores archipelago and the perfect place for a holiday in contact with nature and the sea.the island is 54km long and 6.9km at its widest point, and is part of the (...) Centro de Portugal 14/20
Historical villages Historical villages of granite and schist preserve memories of ancient conquests and traditions and are remarkable for their landscapes, their heritage and for the friendliness of the people who live there. Perched on the top of mountains, they can (...) Coimbra Coimbra - Accessible Tour Standing on the banks of the River Mondego, Coimbra is a very old city and visiting it is something of a history lesson, since you can travel across the centuries as you visit its remarkably rich heritage. But the city is best known for other (...) Guarda Guarda Accessible Tour In Guarda, the highest city of Portugal, the air you breathe is healthy and light, typical of the mountain range where it is located - Serra da Estrela, the largest protected area in Portugal. It is also from this serra that the granite (...) Lisboa Region Lisboa Lisbon - Accessible Tour Known as the City of the Seven Hills, Lisbon is increasingly becoming a more accessible city by removing architectural and uneven barriers. The introduction of new paving, ramps and appropriate signposting has created conditions facilitating (...) Porto and the North Porto Porto - Accessible Tour Whether it is for a few days or a long weekend, don t miss out on discovering the charms of Porto. In the historical centre (the Old town), São Bento Train Station is the point of arrival into the city and a key geographical reference. To visit (...) 15/20
Tours and Other Tourism Services Alentejo Estremoz Monte Seis Reis Address: Herdade dos Casarões Santa Maria 7100-078 EstremozDelegação: Quinta da Salmoira, Lote 596/7 Vila Amélia - Cabanas 2951-901 Quinta do Anjo Telephone: Adega: +351 268 322 221 / Delegação: +351 212 889 000 Fax: Adega: +351 268 333 717 / Delegação: +351 212 889 070 E-mail: loja@seisreis.com Website: http://www.seisreis.com Centro de Portugal Coimbra Madomis Tours tailor-made experiences Address: Rua Vicente Pindela 48/1 3030-030 Coimbra Telephone: +351 914 216 777 E-mail: info@madomistours.pt Website: http://info@madomistours.pt Porto and the North Vila Nova de Gaia Barros, Almeida & Ca. Address: Rua D. Leonor de Freitas, 1824400-123 Vila Nova de Gaia Telephone: +351 223 746 660 E-mail: info@porto-barros.pt Website: http://www.portobarros.pt 16/20
Towns and Villages Centro de Portugal Almeida Almeida Classified as a historical village, Almeida is a fortified town that, when seen from the air, has all the appearance of a 12-pointed star, this being the number of bastions and ravelins enclosing a space with a perimeter of 2500 metres. This (...) 17/20
Travel Agencies Alentejo Évora Almeida Viagens / Évora Address: Arena d'évora, Loja 6 7000-158 Évora Telephone: +351 266 781 629 Fax: +351 266 781 629 E-mail: evora@almeidaviagens.com Website: http://www. almeidaviagens.com;http://www.porto.almeidaweb.com Algarve Faro Almeida Viagens / Faro Address: Av. 5 de Outubro, 11 R/C 8000 Faro Telephone: +351 289 801 512 Fax: +351 289 805 344 E-mail: faro.centro@almeidaviagens.com Website: http:// www.almeidaviagens.com;http://www.porto.almeidaweb. com Centro de Portugal Aveiro Almeida Viagens / Aveiro Address: Rua Gustavo Ferreira Pinto Basto, 17 H 3810-119 Aveiro Telephone: +351 234 338 451 Fax: +351 234 338 453 E-mail: aveiro.centro@almeidaviagens.com Website: http ://www.almeidaviagens.com;http://www.porto.almeidawe b.com Coimbra Almeida Viagens / Coimbra Address: Av. Elisio de Moura, 85 C.C. Atriumsolum, Loja 7 3040 Telephone: +351 239 095 598 Fax: +351 239 091 634 E-mail: coimbra.atriumsolum@almeidaviagens.com Website: http://www.almeidaviagens.com;http://www.por to.almeidaweb.com 18/20
Figueira da Foz Almeida Viagens / Figueira da Foz Address: Av. 25 de Abril - Esplanada Fracção C Nº 10 3080-086 Figueira da Foz Telephone: +351 233 430 616 Fax: +351 233 430 617 E-mail: figueiradafoz@almeidaviagens.com Website: http ://www.almeidaviagens.com;http://www.porto.almeidawe b.com Viseu Almeida Viagens / Viseu Address: Rua Miguel Bombarda, 33 R/C 3510-089 Viseu Telephone: +351 232 471 151 Fax: +351 232 471 400 E-mail: viseu.centro@almeidaviagens.com Website: http: //www.almeidaviagens.com;http://www.porto.almeidaweb.com Porto and the North Braga Almeida Viagens / Braga Address: Rua António Antunes Cabral, Loja 6 4705-160 Braga Telephone: +351 302 018 520 Fax: +351 253 628 276 E-mail: braga.ferreiros@almeidaviagens.com Website: ht tp://www.almeidaviagens.com;http://www.porto.almeidaw eb.com Guimarães Almeida Viagens / Guimarães Address: Av. D. João IV, 183 loja 2 4810-531 Guimarães Telephone: +351 253 535 079 Fax: +351 253 547 302 E-mail: guimaraes.centro@almeidaviagens.com Website: http://www.almeidaviagens.com;http://www.porto.almeid aweb.com Vila Nova de Famalicão Almeida Viagens / Vila Nova de Famalicão Address: Rua Camilo Castelo Branco, 85 4760-127 Vila Nova de Famalicão Telephone: +351 252 327 484 Fax: +351 252 372 256 E-mail: famalicao.centro@almeidaviagens.com Website: http://www.almeidaviagens.com;http://www.porto.almeid aweb.com 19/20
Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) Useful contacts Centro de Portugal Almeida Posto de Turismo - Almeida Address: Portas de São Francisco6350-130 Almeida Telephone: +351 271 570 020 Fax: +351 275 570 021 E-mail: geral@turismodocentro.pt Website: http://www.t urismodocentro.pt;http://www.visitcentrodeportugal.com. pt 20/20