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Casa Museu de Monção
- heritage
Rua Conselheiro João da Cunha, 46
4950-469, Monção
This museum is a cultural unit of the University of Minho, which created this space with the legacy left by Dona Maria Teresa Cardeal Andrade Martins Salgueiro, who passed away on October 29, 2001. This is a way to showcase the property and its contents, as well as to witness the lifestyle of an upper-bourgeois family in the Alto Minho region during the first half of the 20th century. In addition to the collection on display, it hosts a variety of events.

Torre de Lapela
- heritage
Travessa do Castelo
4950-150, Lapela
Gothic-style keep that belonged to the original medieval fortification. It has a quadrangular plan with four floors and displays the coat of arms of King Ferdinand.

Igreja de Longos Vales
- heritage
Mosteiro
4950-200, Longos Vales
Rebuilt in the 17th century, the temple preserves the original chancel, the only vestige of the original building that once belonged to a Benedictine convent. The national monument classification applies only to the chancel.

Palácio da Brejoeira
- heritage
Pinheiros
4950-660, Monção
A grand house commissioned in the early 19th century, only completed almost thirty years later. It features an L-shaped floor plan, with two large facades and two turrets topped by balustrades and pinnacles. Inside, the rooms boast neoclassical décor. Outside, a landscaped terrace is flanked by high walls. The palace, despite being on private property dedicated to the production of one of the region's most renowned Alvarinho wines, is open to visitors.

Castelo de Monção (vestígios)
- heritage
Avenida Doutor António Felgueiras
4950-437, Monção
Of the original castle, built by D. Dinis in 1306, only two gates and some sections of the medieval wall remain. Examples of the 17th-century fortification include the Salvaterra Gate, some curtain walls, and bastions. The tower, a contemporary of D. Pedro I and D. Fernando, is another surviving element of the fortress.

Piscina Municipal de Monção
- leisure
Lavandeira
4960-551, Monção
The municipal pools complex comprises an indoor swimming pool and another outside. There is also a gym with fitness and weight training equipment, Multisport Pavilion for 5-a-side football, tennis, basketball, handball and volleyball courts and a playground.

Jardim da Praça Deu-La-Deu
- country
- leisure
Praça Deu-La-Deu
4950, Monção
Central square with well-maintained flowerbeds.

Convento dos Capuchos - Hotel Rural
- hotels
Quinta do Convento de Santo António dos Capuchos
4950-527, Monção
Overlooking the Rio Minho, in Monsoon, this charming rural hotel incorporates the Conventual spaces typical as the room of the Chapter, the door of the soup kitchen, wine cellar, Chapel, and the Tower room. The cloister, a space with characteristics of "intimacy" unusual, is the ex-libris of the Hotel. The revalorisation of the exterior spaces and, especially, the Source of the friars, an area of great beauty, has preserved all the memory and mysterious nature of the Capuchos convent. The Hotel Capuchos convent give the story to the present and opens the Community patrimony, the highest levels of comfort, functionality …

