Beiras- Center Porlugal [de] È a region of deep contrasts between the shore, characterized from the wide beaches and from the villages of the fishermen and the interns, dominated from the greatness of the mountains. The designated zone traditionally with the name of Beats corresponds an ample band of the Portuguese situated territory between the shore south of the Douro river and the shore north of the Tago. È an area in which the environmental contrasts are much accented, with an Atlantic shore from the moderate climate, with big beaches of white sand and the characteristics woods of maritime pines and a territory austere and mountainous inside, where the stone dominates the landscape. È in the heart of this inside zone that be the Greenhouse from Estrela, the tallest of continental Portugal. He/she/it/you in this mountainous chain bears the Mondego river, that during his course bathes the city of Coimbra where from so much centuries have sung from the universities students in the typical [fado] of this city, for then go toward the Atlantic where you/he/she/it flow, in the by of the wide beach of Figueira from Foz. The nature has privileged these places with the waters medicines that have seen the birth of famous thermal stations like Curia and Luso, and secular forests like that of the Bucaco, where the natural patrimony has stayed intact in the time. Monasteries, convents, castles, churches and museums are the testimony of a historical and artistic inheritance of recognized universal value, between which they are underlined the Monasteries of Alcobaca and Batalha, elevated to world patrimony from the UNESCO. Between the vast horizons of the zone inside [spiccano] the cities and historical suburbs garrisoned from the castles that the first king from Portugal made build for the defense of the kingdom, witness of a millennial history. In the principal city, Coimbra, Aveiro, Viscu, Looks at and Castelo Flock is museums with collections of big value. In the traditional craftsmanship, the zone of the shore distinguishes itself for the predominance of the objects in glass and ceramics, while in the inside the artisans devote themselves to the production of the black [terrecotte], to the weaving of the flax and to the workmanship of the copper and of the iron. LOCALITÀ Of INTEREST and Thing See Alcobaca Imposing abbey [cistercense] of Maria Saint, founded in the 1 152 (patrimony of the humanity) in whose inside there is: the Gothic graves of D. Pedro The and of Ines Castro [de], the cloisters, room of the Capitulo and the immense kitchen. From see the church of the Misericórdia (portal [rinascimentale] and [azulejos] of the XVII century) besides and the church of ConceiQàO (XVII century). Aveiro Famous for the his recovers (together of lagoons and of channels), this city has crossed by channels that allow to the [moliceiros] (typical boats from the colored bows) of arrive until in center of the lagoon. From visit: the Cathedral (XV-XVIII centuries) and the Gothic Cruzeiro; the church of the Misericórdia and chapel of Sào Bartolomeu (round plant); the churches of António Saint and of Sào GonQaio ([settecentesche]); the Regional Museum, situated in Convent of Jesus, [risalente] to the XV century. Batalha Masterpiece of the Gothic Portuguese and patrimony of the humanity, the Monastery of Maria Saint from Vitória (XIV-XVI centuries) he/she/it/you is, for his beauty and for his historical symbolism, a point of reference for the nation; from see chapel of the Fundadores from the magnificent glass door, the cloisters, defective chapels ([manuelino]) here and room of the Capitulo. Bucaco Stately and luxuriant forest in which you/he/she/it hide yourself an ancient real palace built in the XIX century in style mole- [manuelino], today a [hotel] of [charme]. The obelisk and the Militar Museum are testimony of the victory of the Portuguese on the army [napoleonico]. To 3km, it is the thermal center of Luso. Castelo Flock Around the castle of the Xlll century is [ubicato] the district [medioevale] with his front doors in style [manuelino]. You/he/she/it in the ancient Paco Episcopal surrounded from gardens find center the Museum Nacional Tavares Proenca Júnior. Other monuments are the Pacos I give ConcelLo (XVI-XVII centuries), Convent from Graca (XVI-XVIII centuries), Convent of Anthony Saint Capuchos [dos] (XVI century) and the church of the Misericórdia Velha (XVI-XVIII centuries). Coimbra An of most ancient universities city from Europe that you/he/she/it preserve his seculars academic traditions. In the tallest point of the city, the University (with the famous Tower, symbol of Coimbra) he/she/it/you contains a sumptuous baroque library. In the adjacent districts there is the If Velha (Romanesque cathedral) and the Machado Museum Castro [de] with a Roman [criptoportico]. You/he/she/it to the inside of the wall up [medioevali], through the lanes with arcs and stairways, they are reached the Monastery of Cruz Saint (founded in the 1 131), the church of Santiago and the Monastery Celas [de] (XVIII century). On the other bank of the Mondego river Convent of Clara-a-Nova Saint exists (baroque XVII century). To 16 [km] in direction south stays Conímbriga, most important complex archaeological Roman from Portugal. Fatima Important center of Mariano cult, object of big [pellegrinaggi]. From visit the Basilica and the Capelinha Aparicoes [das]. Figueira from Foz Bathing place on the mouth of the Mondego river (wide beaches, nautical sport and casino). From visit: the church matrix, the House gives Paco (XVII century), the Municipal Museum, the Strong of Catarina Saint (XVI century) and the Pelourinho. You look at The wall up, the Tower Menagem [de], the Tower Ferreiros [dos], the ancient Jewish district and the houses of D. Jodo The and of the "Barbaddo" they remember the shines [medioevali] of this city. The cathedral of Gothic origin, you/he/she/it display a portal and a window in style [manuelino] and a [polittico rinascimentale]. I/they am from signal: the churches of the Senbora Remédios [dos] (XVI century), of the Mercy (XVII century), of S. Vicente (XVIII century) and the Regional Museum. In the environs from visit Romanesque chapel of Nossa Senbora [de] Mileu Q ([l-XII] centuries) and the Castro Tntinolho [de] Leiria From the top of the rocky mountain the castle [medioevale] dominates the city. More important monuments: the Cathedral (XVI-XVII centuries) with his Arqueólogico Museum, the church of Sào Pedro (Romanesque), the church of Nossa Senhora from Punishment (Gothic) and the Santuário of Nossa Senbora from Encarnacào (XVI century). Viseu You/he/she/it preserve the fortifications of a probable installation of legions imperial Romans, the rests of Gothic boundaries and the ancient Portas Cavaleiros [dos] and I give Soar (XV-XVI centuries). From don't lose: the Museum Grdo Vasco with painted main points of the big Portuguese painter of the XVI century Vasco Fernandes (known like Grdo Vasco) and collections of the XIX and XX century, the Cathedral of Romanesque origin, the church of the Terceiros [de] Sào Francisco, Convent Néris [dos] and hospital of Sào Teotónio. Worthy I/they of visit am also the church [seicentesca] of the Monastery of Jesus and the Histórico Museum from Cidade. Historical Villagi It is dealt with ancient urban founded nucleuses before the birth of the Portuguese nation that I/they is characteristics of this central region and they dress again a big historical importance. They rise normally on a high ground, from the moment that they constituted of the fortifications of defense for the populations that lived them and that we established still before the Roman domination. They are characterized for an architecture of military die, being for best part surrounded from boundaries and developed around a castle, to exception of the village of Pióddo. Examples of these peasants are Almeia (with a polygonal fortification that in the XVIII century era considered [inespugnabile]), Castelo Mendo, Castelo Novo, Castelo Rodrigo, Idanha-a-Velha (with Roman [vestigia] and a cathedral of origin [visigota]), Linhares from Beira, Marialva, Monsanto that understands the ancient castrates [lusitano] of the Greenhouse of Penha Garcia and possesses a Pousada from which he/she/it/you enjoys a stupendous panoramic sight, Pióddo and Sortelha. OTHER LOCALITÀ Of INTEREST Águeda, Aguiar from Beira, Anadia, Arganil, Arouca (Monastery), Belmonte, Caramulo, Celorico from Beira, Covilhà, Curia (thermal baths), Figueira [de] Castelo Rodrigo, Funddo, Gouveia, Idanha-a-Nova, slobbers, Lorvào, Mangualde, Mealhada, Minde, Aim, Real Mount (thermal baths), Montemor-o-VelLo, Nazaré, Oliveira gives Hospital, Penamacor, Pombal, Harbor Mós [de], Proenca-a-Velha, S.Pedro gives On the (thermal baths), Seia, Greenhouse from Estrela (1992 m of altitude, sport [invemali]), Trancoso, Vila Guilty [de], Vouzela.
FESTIVITÀ · Queima [das] Awake [fitas] of the students)- Coimbra, May · Parties of the Rainha Santa- Coimbra, July · Commemoration of the battle of Bucaco- BuQaco, September · Fair of S. Mateus- Vseu, September · Procession of the Senhora Remédios [dos]- Lamego, September	SPECIALITÀ GASTRONOMICHE · Fish and fruits of sea · Piglet to the spit · Kidskin Bagged and Smoked · · Soup of eels · Sweetses of eggs: [ovos moles], pious [de] there. Also [cavacas], [folares], [filhós] · Cheeses: of the Greenhouse from Estrela, of Alcains and of Castelo Flock · Wines: of Bairrada; foamy, [rosé], Lafoes of the Dào    CRAFTSMANSHIP · Porcelains of Alegre Sight · Ceramics of Coimbra (painted to hand) · Glasses the glasswares of Alcobaca · Bedspreads of silk, of Castelo Flock, embroidered to hand · Ceramics and cooked black · Weavings in flax · Objects in copper and iron