Legends of Gardunha

The apparition of Our Lady of the Mountain The moment of the apparition of Holy Lady of the Mountain is very old. The legend tells us that, one afternoon, a woman, claiming to be from Alcongosta, carrying her daughter, went to Gardunha's mountain to gather wood for the fire, at the same time...

Flavours from Fundão | Roasted Lamb in a Wood Oven

  Flavours from Fundão – Roasted Lamb in a Wood Oven Ingredients: • 1 Lamb with 6kg • 2 garlic bulbs • Onions • 5 cloves • Bay leaves • Salt • Paprika • Parsley • 1l of White Wine • Olive Oil • Small pieces of Bacon. How to...

Brand Activation – Oporto and North Tourism Centre

Everyone is invited to come and visit us : Friday- October, 23 , 2015, at the Oporto and North Tourism Interactive Shop in Santiago de Compostela (Spain), between 10 am and 5 pm. Saturday and Sunday, 24 and 25 , 2015, the at the Oporto and North Tourism Interactive Shop ...

The declinations of Romanesque according to the Route

António Ponte Regional Director for Northern Culture In Portugal the expansion of Romanesque architecture coincides with the reign of D. Afonso Henriques, when the works on the Cathedrals of Lisbon, Coimbra and Oporto and Coimbra and Oporto began and the Monastery ...

The Legend of the Memorial of Sobrado

radition indicates that the construction of the Memorial of Sobrado, like the one in Ermida and Alpendorada, marked the passage of the funeral procession of D. Mafalda. However, there is another story, much more epic. The legend tells us, that nearby lived ...

Recipe | Letters Pasta with Seafood

Letters Pasta with Seafood Ingredients (for 2 people) 250 gr shrimp 1 kg de amêijoas 1 chopped onion 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 whole can of tomatoes 2 ½ green pepper fresh tomatoes ½ red pepper ½ bunch coriander (separate the leaves from the stalks) 1/2...

Hotels Full of Letters

In September we celebrate the Bookstores of Portugal so we went looking for hotels dedicated to reading lovers.. Have you ever dreamed could stay closed in a bookstore or library for a night and read all the books that he liked? Because...

Recipe | Chicken skewers with shiitake mushrooms

Chicken skewers with shiitake mushrooms Ingredients: (for two people) 1 Chicken breast 30 g dried shiitake mushrooms O Sítio dos Cogumelos Green Pepper Salt q. b. Lemon Olive Oil q. b. Sauce: Butter or olive oil Crushed Garlic Preparation: Chopped fresh parsley Dip the mushrooms...

Benefits of honey

The Romanesque Route Box n. 2, brings a great honey, 100% natural, from a Penafiel's producer. Maybe you have a habit of having honey only in winter when you have a cold or a flu. But did you know that honey can be beneficial for many ailments of the ....