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1st Day: PORTO / VIANA CASTLE / VALENCIA GATHERING GROUP IN HOTELS, CITY CENTRE (METRO STATION TRINITY). TRIP TO BARCELOS. THE ORIGINS OF BARCELOS ARE GOOD OLD TOWN, going back to villages PREHISTORIC AND HAVING BEEN INHABITED BY OTHER PEOPLE AS ROMANS OR Carthaginians. IN 1140 ALREADY received FORAL FIRST KINGOFPORTUGUESE, D. Afonso Henriques, attesting FROM SOON TO LOCAL IMPORTANCE THAT SINCE ASSUMED ALWAYS A STRATEGIC POSITION IN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE COAST AND INTERIOR, PORTUGAL AND castile, VISIT TO THE ART OF ARTISANS FIGURED BARCELOS. LUNCH . AFTERNOON CONTINUE TO Viana do Castelo, TO THE BEAUTIFUL MOUTH OF THE RIO LIMA, HAVING THE SEA ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS AND INFLUENCES. VIANA CASTLE IS LOCATED IN A LOCAL BLESSED BY NATURE, MARKED BY GREEN MINHO AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA AND LIMA RIO THE ACCOMPANYING, PAYING LANDSCAPES SOLE AND UNFORGETTABLE. VISIT THE MUSEUM SHIP GIL Eannes. ASCENT TO Stª HILL. LUZIA. VISIT . TRIP TO VALENCIA, DOMINATED BY FORTRESS OF TWO TOWERS AND DOUBLE WALL, CENTURIES XVII and XVIII, THE ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT STYLE MILITARY FRENCH VAUBAN,andthere is TRACES OF EARLIER WALLS. FORTRESS IN WORK TODAY IN A DAY OF THE MOST FAMOUS OF PORTUGAL INNS: The ARE TEOTÓNIO INN. DINNER AND ACCOMMODATION IN HOTEL 3 *.
Day 2: VALENCIA / LINDOSO / PORTO BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL. JOURNEY TO MELGAÇO, SITUATED ON THE BORDER SPANISH, MELGAÇO REPRESENTED A PAPER DEFENSIVE STRATEGY ALWAYS, AND PERFORMING VARIOUS EVENTS HISTORY OVER THE CENTURIES, HAVING THE CURRENT LOCATION IS FORMED AROUND HIS CASTLE, PART OF WHICH TODAY REMAINS overlooking the VILA . CASTLE VISIT, built by D. Afonso Henriques, AROUND 1170 AND THE MANOR ALVARINHO WINE, LOCATED IN THE CALLED "THREE OF BUILDING ARCHES" UNDERSTAND 2 FLOORS WHICH ARE AS FOLLOWS: IN THE TOP FLOOR THERE IS AN AREA CUSTOM, CALL DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE AREA EXHIBITION, WHERE'S PATENT DIVERSE INFORMATION ON WINE ALVARINHO AND ITS REGION, AND FACTORS RELATED TO PRODUCERS DIFFERENT AND WHERE CAN TASTE THE VISITING THE eXISTING BRANDS; THE BOTTOM FLOOR BEYOND A BAR- SUPPORT WHERE VISITORS CAN CONSUME PRODUCTS TYPICAL (ALVARINHO WINE, HAM, HONEY, BROA) AND WHERE TO HOLD EXHIBITIONS, ESPECIALLY PAINTING / SCULPTURE AND ANIMATION NIGHT WITH LIVE MUSIC, THERE IS A ARTESANATO- SHOP LOCAL WHERE CAN OBTAIN TRADITIONAL COUNTY GOODS: CRAFT, HAM, STUFFED, BROA, bOTTLES AND ALVARINHO AND HONEY WINE BOXES. LUNCH. AFTERNOON FOR CONTINUED Castro Laboreiro, BEAUTIFUL VILLAGE NORTH OF PORTUGAL, SITUATED IN A GREAT PLACE OF NATURAL BEAUTY WITH ORIGINS WELL REMOTE, ALSO KNOWN FOR DOGS RACE WITH THE SAME NAME THAT HERE ARE CREATED. LINDOSO, Minhota VILLAGE, BORDER WITH SPAIN, EXTENDING UP BY YELLOW MOUNTAIN AND THE SERRA DO CABRIL, THE LEFT BANK OF THE RIVER LIMA.DIZ IS YOUR NAME DRIFTING OF WORDS King Dinis, DELIGHTED WITH PLACE graciousness HOWEVER topónimo LIMITOSUM OF derive (LIMESITIS). TO VISIT granaries AND CASTLE, IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN BUILT IN THE REIGN OF D. Afonso III, BY 1250 BACK, INTEGRATED IN YOUR DEFENCE POLICY OF FRONTIER ZONES, COME LATER TO BE EXTENDED IN THE REIGN OF MR DINIS. HAD AN IMPORTANT ROLE DURING THE WAR OF RESTORATION OF INDEPENDENCE, AND IN THIS CONTEXT HAD MODERNIZATION WORKS. RETURN TRIP WILL PORT CITY. END OF THE TRIP.
includes:
trip tour bus,
assistance during the journey,
lunch restaurant on the 1st day,
1 night stay on a half board hotel ***,
lunch at local restaurant on the 2nd day,
visits as per program,
travel insurance.
