A Family Trip to Gerês :
Prepare yourself for two days of fun and excitement for all the family.
Make your way into the Peneda-Gerês National Park through its northernmost tip at Lamas de Mouro (Melgaço), where the visitor centre will provide you with a number of interesting suggestions for different places to see. While you enjoy your visit to the park, keep your eyes peeled for the “Garranos”, the wild horses of the Gerês mountains, which will certainly be the delight of the younger members of your family.
In Castro Laboreiro, show them the famous sheepdogs that are bred here. In this area, which was already inhabited long before the Roman occupation, take your children to see the remains of some dolmens. Make sure also to visit the Santuário da Senhora da Peneda, a shrine surrounded by majestic mountains, and the castle of Lindoso that once guarded the border with Spain.
OPORTO and the North of Portugal:
In the north-western part of the country lies this land of dense vegetation and profound historic wealth. It was here that Portugal's first king, Dom Afonso Henriques, was born in the beginning of the 12th century, having then extended the kingdom to the south, in what was considered as one of the most heroic feats of the Christian Reconquest.
OPORTO - The inheritance of a distant past is seen everywhere.
the capital of the country's northern regions, with its international t airport, offers the delights of a riverside city as it is magnificently situated on the mouth of the Douro river, from where boats leave to sail up the beautiful river.
Seaside Viana do Castelo, ecclesiastic Braga, and medieval Guimarães are but a few other examples of a happy alliance between popular heritage and cosmopolitan elegance.
Visit Braga at Easter and witness...:
It is here that the keys to the city are kept - keys to a thousand year-old city whose monuments serve as reminders of the awesome power once wielded by its bishops.
Back in Roman times, emperor Caracala raised Bracara Augusta to the status of capital of Galécia, now Galicia.
After the Romans came the Sueves, Visigoths and Moors before the Christians took possession in the 11th century. Braga’s cathedral is the oldest in the country, a fact reflected in the popular saying 'as old as the Braga Se' to refer to anything that has withstood the test of time. The city’s ecclesiastical power, in medieval times commonly associated with the sword, extended out across the kingdoms of Spain and Portugal. Around the Braga Cathedral Se, monuments were added with the passing of time.
Visit Braga at Easter and witness the traditions of Holy Week. Throughout this festive season, the city is decorated in religious motifs and the “Passos” – street altars – are filled with flowers and lights.
Other Activities:
Visit the Natural Parque do Gerês
marks the location of the property in North Portugal
