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   Covilhã's Old Jewish Quarter (Judiaria)

   The old Jewish Quarter used to be demarcated by what are now the Rua das Flores, Rua do Ginásio Clube, Rua da Alegria, Beco da Alegria and Travessa da Alegria, making up a self-contained area within the medieval city walls.The narrow, winding (...)

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   Covilhã - Land of Discoverers

   Despite being inland and without a port, the city of Covilhã was the birthplace of important men who became famous for discovering new worlds in the 16th century.Prince Henry the Navigator - Lord of Covilhã, received the title from his father, King (...)

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   Cruises on the Douro River

   Through to the end of the 19th century, the Douro was the major means of accessing inland parts of the region and the way of transport products and people from lands rendered effectively distant.Difficult to navigate, impeded by natural barriers, (...)

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   Cruzeiro de Almofala

   On the road to the Spanish border, this small village is situated next to one of the old routes followed by the pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela.In fact, one can find the solitary old granite cross by the side of the road, probably (...)

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   Cruzeiro do Senhor do Galo

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   Diário de Notícias

   Designed by the architect Porfírio Pardal Monteiro in 1936-1939, the headquarters of the Diário de Notícias newspaper was the first building to be designed specifically for a newspaper, thus combining two attributes - industry and office space.It is (...)

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   Dinossaurs in Região do Oeste (western region)

   Perhaps not many people realise that the Lourinhã region, bordering the Atlantic and where we now head down to the sandy beaches spilling out from its spectacular river valleys, was once a favoured haunt of Upper Jurassic period dinosaurs as they (...)

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   Easter in Castelo de Vide

   Easter in Castelo de Vide is one of the major local events and is of special interest due to the way it intermingles Catholic traditions with aspects of Jewish culture, in turn, highlighting the town's past history. The celebrations are broken up (...)

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   Easter - origins of the tradition

   According to ancient Jewish rituals, Passover (which in Hebrew designates "passage") commemorates the Jews’ exodus from Egypt and was celebrated on the 14th day after the spring equinox, with a meal constituted by unleavened bread. Jesus was (...)

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    Ecopista / Antigo Caminho de Ferro da Bezerra - Porto de Mós

    The Ecopista (Eco-path) came about through the transformation of the old Bezerra Railway and can be travelled on foot or by bicycle.The railway, which was mostly in use in the 1930s and 1950s, was one of the main routes to transport coal from the (...)

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