Visiting the Mondego River - Almedina (Coimbra)

The Mondego River is the fifth largest Portuguese river and the first of all that have its course entirely in Portugal. Born in the Serra da Estrela, it runs throughout the Center region (Beiras Region) and has its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean, next to the city of Figueira da Foz. It is the river that bathes the city of Coimbra, being the most sung in poetry and Portuguese songbook.
In the municipality of Coimbra passes by several parishes among which Almedina

Visit the Viewpoint of Cruz Alta - Luso

The Viewpoint of Cruz Alta, located in Luso Parish, perched Buçaco Mountain, provides stunning views. May be seen from the Atlantic Ocean, to the Serra da Estrela, through the Serra do Caramulo, especially the landscape to the Bussaco National Forest.

Visit the Beach of San Jacinto (Aveiro)

The Beach of San Jacinto, located in the parish of the same name, is part of the Natural Reserve of São Jacinto Dunes area. This beach has the distinction of being bounded on one side by the Atlantic Ocean and on the other by the Ria de Aveiro, the seaward side is used by surfers and bodyboarders, being part of the laughing enjoyed by families with small children and practitioners candle.

Visit the Air Base of San Jacinto

Air Base San Jacinto, located in the parish of San Jacinto between the Atlantic Ocean and the Ria de Aveiro is a territorial unit of the Portuguese Army
Currently this facility serves barracks and field instruction to Army paratroopers.

visit Aveiro

Aveiro, known as the "Venice of Portugal" and for a time called "New Bragança," is capital of the District of Aveiro, with about 61,794 inhabitants.
It is home to a town with 78,463 inhabitants and 199.77 km ² in area, subdivided into 14 parishes: Aradas, Cacia, Eirol, Axis, Esgueira, Glory, Nose, Our Lady of Fatima, Oliveirinha, Requeixo, St. Bernard, San Jacinto , Saint Joan, Vera Cruz. The city is bordered to the north by the city of Aveiro, northeast of Albergaria-a-Velha, on the east by Agatha, on the south by Oliveira do Bairro, southeast by Vagos and Ílhavo, and with a relatively narrow strip of coastline in the Ocean Atlantic in the west through the parish of San Jacinto. It is an important urban center, port, rail, university and tourist.

Short historical review

In the late sixteenth, early seventeenth century, the instability of the vital communication between the Ria and the sea led to the closure of the channel, preventing the use of the port and creating unsanitary conditions, caused by the stagnant waters of the lagoon.
In 1759, D. Joseph I raised Aveiro city. In the new town was named New Bragança instead of Aveiro, Royal Charter by April 11, 1759. With the fall from power of the Marquis of Pombal, after D. Mary I became queen in 1777, then sent back to this city to its previous name.

gastronomy

* Soft Eggs
* Derived from Soft Eggs: Eggs Nuts, Wire Egg, Lamprey eggs, etc..
* Eel Stew
* Guts and American Cookies (sweet) 

What to Visit

 In County: 
Ria de Aveiro 

In the Parish of Aradas: 
Chapel Aradas 
Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes 
Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows
 Chapel of St. Anthony 
Chapel of St. John 
Chapel Verdemilho 
Statue of Our Lady of Fatima 
Source of weariness 
Source of Lavandeira 
Source of mated 
Source of Pilot 
Source of Leirinhas 
Source EIRO 
Source Lila 
Church of St. Peter of Aradas 
Panel of TilesUniversity Footbridge 
Thursday from Medela 
Fifth of Our Lady of Sorrows
Tank AradasTank of Good Success 
Tank Baixeiros 
Tanks Valley concubine 

In Cacia Town: 
Chapel 
Chapel of St. Anthony 
Chapel of St. Simon 
New House of ArtSource 
Church 
Lagoon cacia 
Railway Bridge over the River Vouga 
Vouga River

 In the Parish of Eirol: 
Church of Santa Eulalia 
Railway tunnel Eirol 

In the Town of Axis: 
Field Sports of the Eixense 
Roman Oven
 Church of Azurva 
Church of St. Isidore
 Ferry Park 
Park Azurva

In the Parish of Esgueira:
 Estádio Municipal de Aveiro 
Eye of the Water Fountain 
Church of St. Andrew 
Picnic Park of the Pateira Taboeira 
Pillory 

In the Parish of Glory:
 Channel of the OCOG 
Bandstand
 Cruise Santo Domingo 
Building the City of Aveiro 
Building Ceramics Factory 
Stadium at the University of Aveiro 
Stadium Sea 
Statue of Joseph Stephen 
Estuary of San Pedro 
Source of Five Bicas 
Source of Glory 
Church of Mercy 
Church of the Carmelites 
Lake of the University of Aveiro 
Lake Park Don Pedro Infante 
Santa Joana Museum 
Panel of Tiles 
Infante Dom Pedro Park 
Bridge Crasto 
Bridge Park Don Pedro Infante 
Cathedral of Aveiro 
Theatre Aveiro 

In the Parish of Nose 
Church 

In the Parish of Our Lady of Fatima: 
Church 
Lagoon Mamodeiro 

In the Parish of Oliveirinha: 
Chapel of Moita 
Chapel of Our Lady of Grace
Chapel of Our Lady of Guia 
Chapel of St. Benedict 
House Morgadio 
Cruise 
Stadium Gandara 
Statue of Father Antonio Valente Anthony 
Source of Our Lady of Guia 
Church 
Church Coast Trench 
New Church of Quintãs
 Pool 

In the Parish of Requeixo: 
Dam of Requeixo 
Souls in Bragal
Chapel of Our Lady of Alumieira
Chapel of St. Amaro 
Cruise of the Church of St. Palo 
Church of St. sausage 
Pateira 
Taipa Bridge 
Roman Bridge 
Rio Agueda 

In the Parish of Saint Joan: 
Chapel of Our Lady of Mercy and St. Bras 
Chapel of St. Gerard 
Chapel of São Romão
Church 

In the Parish of St. Bernard: 
Church of Vilar 

In the Parish of San Jacinto: 
Old Portuguese Air Force Aircraft 
Air BaseWharf
 Air Force Base Chapel 
Church of Our Lady of the Sands
 Lagoon Natural Reserve of São Jacinto Dunes 
Beach of San Jacinto 
Dunes Natural Reserve of San Jacinto 

In the Town of Vera Cruz: 
Panel Tiles Angel Guard 
Wharf Botirões 
Channel of San Roque 
Canal Botirão 
Chapel 
The Baroque Chapel of the Lord 
Casa Major Pessoa 
Fountain of the Fish Market 
Railway station of Aveiro 
Statue of João Afonso de Aveiro 
Lord of the Baroque fountain 
Church of Our Lady of the Presentation 
Carmo Church 
Evangelical 
Church of Aveiro 
Fish Market 
Moliceiro 
Monument to the Fire 
City Museum and Republic 
 Bridge Carcavelos 
Channel Pedestrian Bridge of San Roque 

Where to Stay
 Hotel The Americas
 Hotel Melia Ria - Spa
 Hotel Moliceiro R 
Hotel Afonso V
 Imperial Hotel 
Garden Hotel Afonso V
 John Baker Hotel 
Venice Hotel Aveiro 
Aveiro Rossio Hostel 
BiniBag Guest House 
Pension Beira 
Brazilian Pension
 Star Pension
 Pension John Chapel 
Palm board 
Pension Saint Joan
 Casa da Ria 
Hotel Arcade 
Hotel Aveiro Center 
Stephen Joseph Hotel 
Hotel of Salinas

visit Espinho

Espinho is a Portuguese city belonging to the district of Aveiro, with about 21,589 inhabitants.
It is home to a small urban municipality with 21.11 km ² and 29,481 inhabitants, divided into five parishes: Anta, Espinho, Guetim, stopped and Silvalde. The city is bordered to the north by the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, on the east by Santa Maria da Feira, south and west by Ovar the Atlantic Ocean.

Small Brief History

Legend has it that in times much earlier date, a small boat that sailed along the coast was caught in a storm and sank.
Two men, Spanish Galicia, survived the tragedy, legend has it that the mercy of a promise made to Our Lady to build a little chapel in her honor if she allows them to salvation.
When felt solid ground under their feet, the two men - and Marcio Eugenio Esteves, according to the monograph Alvaro Pereira - a miracle that took the edge beach and built a small church (Chapel Galician).

But what of the legend is interested primarily retain the dialogue that the two had when Galician, still not over the shock, arrested his attention on the wooden plank on which they had put safe: one said that it was made of brown, but the other, in her talk peremptorily Galician guarantee: "No! Are pin!" And here you have been the name of Thorn.
There are obviously more credible hypothesis than this. In memories of the Portuguese Forais Lands reads: "(....) Espinho owes its name to a espiniforme cliffs, the spine of any beach: is there a place called Thorn Land, indicating a thorn in the sea."

For over 200 years, a colony formed by families of fishermen from Ovar, went to this place in order to probe the marine fauna, especially sardines, a time of widespread use in industry and manuring of lands, in addition to their food use. It was close enough to find a place that would allow the Port to put the fish in that city in good use, since it is unaware of the conservation process.
Nomads in a sense, these early settlers did not build houses. Sought shelter at night in the boats turned upside down.
The settlement of people in Espinho began at around the year 1776, after the arrival of the Industrial Furadouro Mijaule French Jean Pierre, who knew the "secret" pickle sardine, which allowed the storage and sale during the the fishing season.
Are the first homes - the haystacks - the fishermen have sedentarized. These were made of wood roofs covered with earth, with a total lack of discipline in its implementation.
The transition from wood to stone was a slow process and had an intermediate stage in the haystacks have to bear the main façade of stone and lime.
Later, many of these houses were to be purchased by families and possessions subject to improvements, thus coming to form the colony beach of Espinho.
In less than half a century, Thorn would become a priority for the beaches of northern Portugal.
Currently, Espinho is a modern, high-level tourist resort that welcomes thousands of domestic and foreign visitors throughout the year.
A few kilometers from Sa Carneiro Airport in Oporto, the city of Espinho has quick and easy means of communication with the country and abroad and is also directly linked to two major cities of Portugal by the communications backbone of the country - the Northern Line - and is still the beginning of the Railroad Valley Vouga, which gives access to the most beautiful area stretching from the waterfront to Aveiro, full of scenic beauty and artistic.

What to visit
In the Parish of Anta:
Shrines of St. Mamede
Chapel of Our Lady of Conception
Chapel of Our Lady of the High Heavens
Chapel of St. Vincent
church

In the Parish of Thorn:
Old Bullring
Chapel of Our Lady of Help
Chapel of St. Peter
Multimedia center
Building the City of Espinho
Estádio Municipal de Espinho
Church of Our Lady of Help
Museum of Espinho
pool
Blue beach
Bay beach
Costa Verde Beach
Faina Beach
Beach Drought
Espinho Beach
Antero Beach

In the Parish of Guetim:
church

We stopped in the Parish of:
We stopped Airfield
Barry Esmoriz
Chapel of Our Lady of Aparecida
Chapel of Our Lady of Good Time
Chapel of Our Lady of Guia
Castro Ovil
Sports Complex
Cruise of the Steps
Barry Beach Esmoriz
We stopped Beach

In the Parish of Silvalde:
Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows
Sports Complex
St. James Church
well

Where to Stay:
hotel Solverde
Praiagolfe Hotel
Apartment Hotel Solverde
hotel Nery
Hotel Mar Azul
New Residential Espinho
Residential Espinho
Camping

Visit the Lajes das Flores

Lajes das Flores is a county located in the southwestern half of the island of Flores, in the Western Group of the Azores, created in 1515, which has an area of ​​69.59 km ². It is bordered to the northeast by the municipality of Santa Cruz das Flores, surrounded by all other sides by the Atlantic Ocean. The County is the home of Lajes das Flores, on the south coast of the island and home to the commercial port that serves. It is divided into seven parishes: Faja Grande, Fajãzinha, Farm, Pavement, Lajes das Flores, Lomba and Monastery.

The Visit

In the Town of Faja Grande:
Typical Village of Cuada
Cascade of Well Cod
Long pond
Black Lagoon

In the Town of Fajãzinha:
Waterfall of Ribeira Grande
Cascades Fajãzinha
church
Lagoon Feet
Ribeira Grande

In the Town of Pavement:
church
Lagoa da Faja da Rocha High
Rock Catchphrases

In the Town of Lajes das Flores:
boiler Blow
Lighthouse of Lajes das Flores
Lagoa Rasa
Port of Lajes das Flores
Calheta Beach

In the Parish of Lomba:
Grotto of the Lomba
Lagoa da Lomba
Porto da Lomba

In Monastery Town:
church

visit Candles

Candles is a village on the island of Sao Jorge, Azores, with about 5605 inhabitants.
It is home to a municipality with 119.08 km ² and 5,605 inhabitants, divided into six parishes: Herds, Great Northern, Rosales, Santo Amaro, Urzelina and Candles. The municipality is bounded on the east by the municipality of Calheta, and has the Atlantic Ocean in all other directions.

Small Brief History

The origin of the name of this town has never been clarified by historians.
This village is among the oldest towns in the island of São Jorge. It was built as a result of the will of Prince Henry dated 1460, made a church under the invocation of St. George. The City of Sails was created around 1490, and the elevation of the village to a town will have occurred in 1500, by letter D. Manuel I of Portugal. This town has emerged as a town map of 1507.
On September 19, 1708 a naval squadron, commanded by French pirate René Duguay-Trouin consists of eight ships of the line and three Captains of ships heavy artillery, attacked the village of Velas, having not yet managed to enter the Port of Candles.
The first attack the villagers, led by Sergeant Major Amaro Teixeira de Sousa, can prevent the landing tempted to September 19. On the 20th another attack took place and the inhabitants were unable successfully to oppose this attempt.
The French remained in the town five days in which completely ransacked churches and wealthy homes. In a location overlooking the site where the landing took place, was built the Fort of Our Lady of the Pillar, also known as Castle Eira.

The Visit
Herds in the Parish of:

Chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Chapel of St. Rita
Chapel of St. Anthony
Fountain Lady of Guadalupe
Fountain of Terreiros
Fountain of the Old Way
Fountain of Porto
Port of Terreiros

In the Great Northern Town:
Fountain of St. Anthony
Ribeira Faja da Areia
Church of Our Lady of the Snows
St. Anthony's Church
Peak of Hope

Pine Peak
Puddle of Simon Days

In the Parish of Rosales:
Fountain of the Seven Fountains
Fountain's Way Up
Fountain Rosales
Rosales of Lighthouse Point
Church of Our Lady of the Rosary
Viewpoint Freitas
Park of the Seven Fountains
Tip of the Rosales

In the Parish of Santo Amaro:
Airport of São Jorge Island
Chapel of Our Lady of Good Time
Chapel of Our Lady of Light
Chapel of Our Lady of Candles
Chapel of St. Vincent Ferrer
Chapel of Christ the King
fountain
Church of Santo Amaro
Empire of Santo Amaro

In the Parish of Urzelina:
Chapel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
Chapel of Our Lady of the Incarnation
Chapel of St. Joseph
Chapel of Our Lord Jesus the Good Death
fountain
Fountain Church
Church of St. Matthew
empire
pool
Beach Urzelina

In the Parish of Candles:
Caldeira de Santo Cristo
Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes
Chapel of Our Lady of Mercy
Chapel of Our Lady of Deliverance
Chapel of Santa Ana
Chapel of St. Anthony
Chapel of St. John
Fountain Terreiro da Macela
bandstand
Chapel of St. Peter
stadium
Church of Our Lady of Conception
empire
Empire of Riverside
marina
Viewpoint Canavial
Bullring