Explore the best places
Heritage in Portugal
Orla Costeira de Santa Cruz
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Praia do Penedo do Guincho
2560, Santa Cruz
Oceanfront space with a fabulous view. You can chose for a walk or simply sit on one of the benches that provide shade or sun, as you wish at the time.
Museu de Arte Sacra de Arouca
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Largo de Santa Mafalda
4540-108, Arouca
A space by the monastery, with a varied collection, composed mostly of art works that used to belong to the monastery. It features painting, sculpture, tapestry, furniture and other collections in several rooms.
Museu das Trilobites - Centro de Interpretação Geológica de Canelas
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Lugar de Cima
4540-252, Canelas
A space that shows fossils of pre-historic invertebrate animals that are 465 millions of years old and quite rare in the entire world.
Mosteiro de Arouca
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Largo de Santa Mafalda
4540-108, Arouca
Its initial use was as a feminine Monastery under the Cistercian rule and it is where Dona Mafalda tomb is placed. IT has a roman classicist style with baroque features by the gold carving.
Museu Natural da Electricidade
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Senhora do Desterro
6270-277, São Romão
Este museu divide-se em vários espaços que edificam um discurso museológico contínuo com especial enfoque na história do Aproveitamento Hidroeléctrico da Serra da Estrela. Este sistema electroprodutor é composto por 6 centrais hidroelétricas em funcionamento e 2 centrais desativadas, construídas entre 1909 e 2003.
Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Desterro
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Bairro Senhora do Desterro
6270-277, Seia
This is a Baroque Sanctuary composed by an ensemble of ten chapels distributed by Serra da Estrela slope. They show a simple structure with one only space and with façades with pediments torn by the doorways in straight lintels or in low arches. They were built between the 17th and 19th centuries.
Museu do Brinquedo
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Largo de Santa Rita
6270-492, Seia
Located in the Centre of Seia, the Toy Museum was opened in 2002 and features a collection of about 8000 toys of Portugal and in the world, from past to present. The Museum was born with the intention of valuing a period of life that is critical to the overall development of human beings: the childhood. Is aim of this museum space enhancing the playful activity and the right to play, preserving memories, customs and beliefs of ancient times and today. Still plays an important role in the consolidation of cultural ties between Portugal and the world.
Farol da Guia
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Avenida Senhora do Cabo
2750-374, Cascais
When the Portuguese maritime expansion had its peak, in the 16th century, Cascais was one of the first places to have a lighthouse. The Guia lighthouse was built in 1610 and a small hermitage was built in the surrounding area with the following inscription: "Guide of the seamen".
Palácio do Duque de Palmela
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Alameda Duquesa de Palmela
2750-335, Cascais
A palace built on the site of the demolished Fortress of Our Lady of Conceição, it was acquired in 1868 by the Duques of Palmela in order to build a summer residence there. The project belongs to the English architect Thomas Henry Wyatt. With a revivalist English architecture, this building is covered by masonry. In the main raised wall one can view, above the door, the coat of arms of the family of the Duchess of Palmela.
Forte do Guincho / Forte das Velas
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Estrada do Abano
2755-140, Alcabideche
The Strong winch primitive only the outer walls and a stone plaque over the door. This Fort was the defense line of the Atlantic coast.