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| Porto Portugal tourism: Felgueiras |
In Felgueiras one can see several
private rural tourism initiatives, in the form of old farm houses
that are fast developing as a part of Porto Portugal tourism
activities. Just because of these new possibilities, rural tourism
activities in Felgueiras offers a variety of activities both in terms
of services and in the form of historical monuments. Some other must
see places while doing Porto Portugal tourism in Felgueiras are as
follows: Casa das Portas, Chapel of Padroso, Chapel of the Meeting,
Conventual Church of Caramos, Cross of Barrosas, Cross of Pombeiro,
House and Portal of Simães, House of Paço de Pombeiro, House of
Leonardo Coimbra, Saint Quitéria´s Sanctuary, Santuary of Good jesus
of Barrosas, Sergude Manor and Valmelhorado Manor.
Felgueiras is beautifully located in
the center of Sousa valley. Felgueiras had been one of the most
important strategical town for Romans. Roman built several roads and
bridges and connected Felgueiras with Braga and Caladuno. Caladuno
was the real name of Mirandela, a city famous for its cuisine called "Alheiras". According to historical documents there are five Roman
tracks named Mouta, Pombeiro, Ameal, Arco and Arco de S.João and
three bridges such as Ponte de Arco, Ponte do S.João and Ponte de
Travassós. Because of commercial purpose, all these roads as well
as bridges were in used until the Middle ages.
The municipality of Felgueiras offers
two different Pedestrian options to visit all the Patrimonies. The
first option is choosing the Medieval paths that is, one kilometer
walk to reach various roman tracks and the other possibility is to
use green paths. Green path offers the opportunity to enjoy the rural
landscape of Felgueiras and visit some important architectural and
historical patrimony.
Porto Portugal tourism in Felgueiras is
also famous for local handcrafts such as embroidery works and string
musical instruments. In terms of gastronomy, some of the specialities
of Felgueiras are as follows: Vinho Verde or Green wine, sponge cake,
oven baking, the cabidela rice, the cod and Portuguese stew.
