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 Parque São Caetano - Vilar do Paraíso

Visit the Church of St. Peter's Paradise - Vilar do Paraíso

The church of St Peter's Paradise, located in the Town of Paradise Vilar, must be prior to nationality, but the signs of medieval construction little notice.
Inside, the body corresponds to a single nave chapel, Manuel I, with two sections separated by an arch or high arched, with independent access. The chancel, which is classified as a national monument, is considered unique in our country. Cruise has two arches, typically Gothic, with a ribbed vault and the unusual detail of two altars.

Visit the Chapel of St. Martin - Vilar do Paraíso

The Chapel of St. Martin, located in the Town of Paradise Vilar, has a Baroque façade of the eighteenth century, possibly earlier than 1758.
The Chapel has undergone restoration work in the nineties of the twentieth century, which expanded on the back, while respecting their simple but harmonious façade eighteenth century.

Visit the Chapel of São Caetano - Vilar do Paraíso

The Chapel of St. Cajetan, located in the Town of Paradise Vilar, replaced a small chapel with the same previous recall. In the early twentieth century the church was restoration that ended in 1922, and then reopen the temple to worship. Later in the seventies, the building was enlarged, then taking its current appearance.

Visit the Church of Vilar de Swallow

The Church of Vilar de Swallow was renewed in 1767 and is covered with tile. We highlight the main altar carved the figures of the Magi and Santa Clara.

Visit the Statue of the Dove of Peace - Vilar de Swallow

Visit the Chapel of Our Lady of Mount - Vilar de Swallow

Visit the Chapel Balteiro - Vilar de Swallow

Balteiro's chapel, located in the Town of Vilar de Swallow, was inaugurated on the principles of the 1970's and has some quaint lines.

Visit the Chapel of San Lorenzo - Vilar de Swallow

The Chapel of San Lorenzo, located in the Town of Vilar de Swallow, has a relatively low level of its architectural design, especially if your porch, and on whose altar, with no defined style, include images of S. Guadeloupe and St. Lawrence.

Visit the Chapel of the Serpent - Vilar de Swallow

The Serpent's Chapel, located in the Town of Vilar de Swallow, born of the need to serve the places of the Serpent, and the Rechousa Alto das Torres.

Visit Praia de Valadares

Praia de Valadares is located in the parish of the same name and type of climate is "temperate maritime"or "ocean" whose winds come from the West, are damp and cold. The natural vegetation consists of pines. This beach runs into a stream that rises in the parish of cinnamon.

Visit the Church of St Mary Magdalene - Valadares

Visit the Fishing Port of Afurada - Saint Peter's Afurada (Vila Nova de Gaia)

Visit Arrábida Bridge - St. Peter's Afurada (Vila Nova de Gaia)

The Bridge of Arrabida is an arch bridge over the Douro River that connects the Parish of Saint Peter's Afurada (Vila Nova de Gaia) in Porto. This bridge, which opened in 1963, has four elevators in the towers of ornamental five feet tall, cast in bronze. Two of which side of Gaia, the sculptor Gustavo Bastos, representing "The Realm of Water Man"and "Men in his chance of Transposing Watercourses".
The board is composed of two-lane with 8 m each, separated by a whitish yellow raised via a 2 m wide, two lanes for cyclists of 1.70 m each, two rides raised footpaths 1.50 m wide.

Visit the Statue of St. Peter's Afurada - St. Peter's Afurada (Vila Nova de Gaia)

The statue of St. Peter's Afurada, located in the Town with the same name, is in bronze and is on a granite pedestal, it fits into the spirit of veneration for the patron saint of fishermen.

Visit Pier Afurada - St. Peter's Afurada (Vila Nova de Gaia)

Visit the beach of Boca Mar - São Felix da Marinha

Ocean Beach is a beach Boca peripheral, located in the Parish of St. Felix da Marinha, popular and much sought by sportsmen and fishermen.

Visit Praia da Granja - São Felix da Marinha

Praia da Granja, located in the Parish of St. Felix of the Navy, has a unique beauty that is mirrored in its waters and rocky area that appears at low tide. The dune area is protected by a wooden walkway that extends for eight miles, where you can drive all the beaches in Vila Nova de Gaia.

Visit the Church of Sao Felix da Marinha

The Church of Sao Felix da Marinha is characterized by a high staircase. We emphasize the facade decorated with bright and decorative, and inside, a medieval sculpture.