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SERRA DA ESTRELA
1 DAY TRIP
ITINERARY
THE GROUP IN HOTELS AND DOWNTOWN (METRO STATION TRINDADE). TRAVEL by highway
to SEIA, MOUNTAINOUS CITY and the COUNTY SEAT of the CENTRAL REGION of the
COUNTRY, KNOWN for BEING ONE of the ENTRANCES to the magnificent NATURAL PARK of
SERRA DA ESTRELA, FINDING, IF in YOUR LOCAL AREA, the highest point of CONTINENTAL
PORTUGAL: the Tower, the 1993 METERS ABOVE SEA LEVEL. SEIA PRESENTS a VERY OLD
HUMAN OCCUPATION, THINKING that MAY HAVE BEEN FORMED ABOUT 2400 by TURDULI,
BUT MANY OTHER PEOPLE HERE LIVED, AS ROMANS and ARABS. Was in 1055 FERNANDO
MAGNO conquered and HAVE RAISED the Castle, IMPORTANT DURING the TURBULENT
TIMES of BATTLES BETWEEN Moors and Christians, and PORTUGAL and SPAIN. MANY
AUTHORS AGREE that the region was ABANDONED and deserted in the YEAR 1132, KING
AFONSO HENRIQUES sent REBUILD and POPULATE. VISIT TO THE MUSEUM OF BREAD,
WHICH RESULTED FROM THE RECONSTRUCTION AND EXPANSION OF
A PRE-EXISTING BUILDING AND, IN THE LONG WORK OF THE SAME, USED TYPICAL
MATERIALS LIKE WOOD AND STONE, IN ORDER TO FULLY INTEGRATE THE PROPERTY IN
MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE. The RESULT was a MUSEUM COMPLEX with MORE THAN 3,500
M2 of COVERED AREA, being AS ONE of the GREATEST, IF NOT the largest, BREAD MUSEUM in
the world. LUNCH. IN THE AFTERNOON, ASCENT TO THE HIGHEST POINT OF MAINLAND
PORTUGAL, THE TOWER, FAMOUS FOR ITS SHEETS OF SNOW DURING THE WINTER MONTHS,
ATTRACTING A LARGE NUMBER OF TOURISTS AND, ON CLEAR DAYS, THE VIEW CAN REACH
THE SEA IN THE AREA OF FIGUEIRA DA FOZ. In FACT, the LOWER TEMPERATURES of
PORTUGAL are RECORDED on the SUMMIT of the mountain, even hit 20° C in WINTER. VISIT.
RETURN TO THE CITY OF PORTO. END OF THE TRIP.
MENU: soup, cod fish to sauce pan (in the oven in onions) with mashed potatoes, dessert,
drinks, coffee
Includes: Travel, Lunch, SIDE DISH Of Wizard, TRAVEL INSURANCE.
PRICE PER PERSON: €37
Minimum group of 40 people