By theperfecttourist on January 18, 2015
Cabo Girão, Funchal
Mystical Places, Slider
Europe´s highest cape and 2nd in the world! Is an almost vertical 580 meters cliff , with turquoise sea all around and a single view of Funchal and Câmara dos Lobos. Faja dos Padres can be seen from here, a small rocky beach with clear cristal water that can be reached by sea. A must […]
By theperfecttourist on January 17, 2015
Park Peneda Gerês, wild horses, wolves
Birdwatch, Cities, Villages and Places, Landscape, Parks and Gardens, Romance, Slider, Sustainable tourism, Water tourism, Wildlife tourism
“There are places in the world that are as certain human existence: all combines to miss nothing of their greatness and perfection. Gerês This is one of them.” Miguel Torga, Diario VII The mountainous region received its charter in 1514 by King Manuel I. Found in Terras de Bouro old “Castro” of Chalcedon, erected by […]
By theperfecttourist on January 2, 2015
Church, tomar
Cities, Villages and Places, Heritage, Heritage tourism, Slider
The church of Santa Maria dos Olivais which was built in the mid 1300s for the Grand Masters of the Knights Templar Order. Santa Maria dos Olivais was built on the place of a seventh century temple and was chosen, during the Portuguese Discoveries, as the mother church of all the churches of Africa, Asia […]
By theperfecttourist on December 26, 2014
Palace Pena, romance, romantic, sintra
Cities, Villages and Places, Heritage, Heritage tourism, Romance, Slider
Sintra is one of the romantic and mysterious places in Portugal with wonderful palaces and landescapes that enchant the tourists. To understand Pena Palace and the beautiful Gardens sourrounding the Palace the tourist has to see the opera Parsifal…An opera with three acts by Richard Wagner. It is loosely based on Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach, a 13th century epic poem of […]
By theperfecttourist on July 15, 2014
barreta, desert island algarve
Beaches, Slider, Stunning Spots
Desert Island or Barreta a well kept secret right in middle of Algarve. Is one of the best preserved and least crowded beaches in the Algarve. It’s a completely uninhabited area of the Ria Formosa. Rare sanctuary, the Desert Island invites to tranquility and rest. About 10 km of silence and quiet characterize this place, where […]
By theperfecttourist on March 10, 2014
obidos
Romance, Slider
Obidos, an intact medieval city preserved within its walls the dash, scale and color of these times. Museum town with white houses facades sober but flowering with porticos and Manueline aristocratic windows all lined winding streets, sometimes surmounted by arcades, interrupted by other small squares that give the guard jewelry Portuguese civil and religious architecture. […]
By theperfecttourist on February 24, 2014
arabic town, mertola
Archaeological tourism, Cities, Villages and Places, Slider
The period of the Arab occupation which began in the 8th century lasted almost 500 years in the south of Portugal. With this Portugal inhereted farming techniques, harvesting systems and water supply , eating habits , several hundred words, building techniques , decorative tastes , artistic styles , urban environments . Muslims are the archetypes of […]
By theperfecttourist on January 16, 2014
Romans, Ruins, Troia
Archaeological tourism, Cities, Villages and Places, Slider
In Troia can be found the largest manufacturing complex known to men of salting fish, was built in the first half of the 1st Century and was developed in a township probably occupied until the 6th Century. The archaeological centers that can be visit are two large brining workshops, the spa, the mausoleum, the necropolis mausoleum […]
By theperfecttourist on November 2, 2013
portugal legends
Myths and Legends, Slider
Once upon a time in Leiria lived a very rich, powerful and covetous man who did not know how to save his treasures . He spent days and nights cogitate a way so that thieves would not steal his fortune .Until he decided to build three long tunnels and at the end of one tunnel […]
By theperfecttourist on August 3, 2013
oporto, serralves
Museums, Slider
CASA DE SERRALVES is a house and museum located in Parque de Serralves in Oporto, Portugal. Owned by the Serralves Foundation, the house was built by the second Count of Vizela, Carlos Alberto Cabral and designed by the architect José Marques da Silva. It is a unique example of Streamline Moderne architecture in Portugal. Completed in 1940, Casa de Serralves welcomed presentations made by the […]