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PORTO – FC Porto – LogoFutebol Clube do Porto, commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese footbal [...]
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PORTO – FC Porto – TropheesFutebol Clube do Porto, commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. Founded on [...]
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PORTO – FC Porto Estadio das AntasThe Estádio das Antas was the third (and longest occupied) stadium of the Portuguese football side FC Porto. It was in use from 1952 to 2004, replacing the earlier Campo da Constituição, 1.6km (1 mile) to the west, and later replaced by the Es [...]
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PORTO – Futebol Clube do Porto – A Vencer Desde 1893It was in this year that António Nicolau d'Almeida, a sportsman par excellence and an excellent Port Wine trader, started his project for a football club in the city. The FC Porto foundation is celebrated on September 28. António Nicolau d'Alm [...]
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PORTUGAL – Abrantes – N2 – km 400Situated on a hillside next to the River Tagus, Abrantes has always been an important place in terms of military strategy, since from its highest point one can enjoy an immense panoramic view, including most of the River Tagus, and extending t [...]
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PORTUGAL – ALCÁÇOVAS – N2 – km 551Portugal’s longest road, the N2 runs from Chaves, just below the northern border of the country, all the way to Faro on the south coast. Given that it’s Portugal’s most epic road trip, the N2 is often refered to as the Portuguese Route 66. Bui [...]
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PORTUGAL – AVIS – N2 – km 466This picturesque Alentejo town, composed of narrow streets and white limewashed houses, holds within it the memory of the old and powerful Military Order of Avis. After the town had been captured from the Moors in 1211, the land was given by t [...]
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PORTUGAL – Castro Daire – N2 – km 136Castro Daire is located on the Rio Paiva, below the Serra de Montemuro, which is up to 1,381 meters high. About 30 km south is the district capital Viseu, about 30 km north of Lamego. In the 2nd century BC The area became Roman. A Roman road r [...]
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PORTUGAL – Lamego – N2 – km 103Lamego enjoyed a period of great prosperity in the eighteenth century when the city produced the so-called "fine wine" that later gave rise to the world famous Port wine. It is a very ancient city, having been raised to a bishopric by the Visi [...]
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PORTUGAL – Montemor-o-Novo – N2 – km 520The extraordinarily unique district of Évora is where we find Montemor-o-Novo, one of the largest municipalities in the area. Montemor-o-Novo is a secret waiting to be revealed, a treasure for you to discover. Much more than just an Alentejo t [...]
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PORTUGAL – N2 – 75 yearsThe National Road 2 (EN2/N2) is nicknamed the Route 66 of Portugal. It’s a very exciting and scenic journey in the heart of the country, taking you from Chaves in the North to Faro in the South. The road is totally paved. Completed in 1950’s, [...]
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PORTUGAL – SANTA COMBA DÃO – N2 – km 213At the mark 213 km of estada Nacional you arrive to Santa Comba Dão. There is nature, tradition and history to discover in it. With 114 km2 of area, the municipality territory has about 11 thousand and 500 inhabitants, having one of the highes [...]
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PORTUGAL – SERTA – N2 – km 345The EN2, or Estrada Nacional 2, also known as "Portugal's Route 66", is a national road that runs from the north to the south of Portugal, and crosses the country in its middle. It is not a highway or a road to be driven in a hurry. It's 739 k [...]
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PORTUGAL – TONDELA – N2 – km 198Tondela is a lovely town located on the amazing Dão-Lafões northern region, surrounded by the beautiful landscapes of the Caramulo Mountain. This is a region that has been able to maintain its strong traditions, distinctly rural, where agricul [...]
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SAGRES – ALGARVE – Promontório de Sagres – FortalezaSagres or the Promontorium Sacrum. This location evokes the memory of the Infante D. Henrique and the Portuguese discoveries. The southwesternmost point in the European continent, was already referred to in antiquity as the Promontorium Sacrum [...]
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SAGRES – ALGARVE – Promontório de Sagres – Fortaleza – Side ViewSagres Point is a windswept shelf-like promontory located in the southwest Algarve region of southern Portugal. Only 4 km to the west and 3 km to the north lies Cape St. Vincent (Portuguese: Cabo de São Vicente) which is usually taken as the s [...]
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SANTA COMBA LA CORUNA – O Demo de RubínIn the village of XalleiRa de Rubín we find the chapel of Nosa Señora da Saúde (health), in Gothic style and built in the 18th century, although it is possible on a previous chapel that was built in 1593 by Juan Prego de Montaos. García and Ma [...]
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SANTA COMBA LA CORUNA – Translatio de CereixoThe parish church of Santiago de Cereixo is one of the best examples of Romanesque art along the Costa da Morta coast. Its construction dates back to the end of the 12th century and it shares some features found at the churches in Xaviña (Cama [...]
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SINTRA – Castello Dos Mouros – Aerial viewThe Castle of the Moors (Portuguese: Castelo dos Mouros) is a hilltop medieval castle located in the central Portuguese civil parish of Santa Maria e São Miguel, in the municipality of Sintra. Taken by Christian forces from the Moors after the [...]
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SINTRA – Castello Dos Mouros – StairsThe Castelo dos Mouros (The Moors Castle) is a ruinous castle situated on two peaks of the Serra de Sintra. It is a popular tourist attraction of Sintra. The Castelo dos Mouros was established during the 9th century by the North African Moors [...]
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