By tourist on June 14, 2015
Activities, Ecotourism, Go, Learn, Peniche, See
The Berlengas archipelago is a group of small islands 10 to 15 kilometers off the Portuguese coast, west of the town of Peniche in Oeste region. Human occupation on Berlenga Grande (the only habitable island) dates back to antiquity: the islands are referred to in Ptolemy’s Geography as Λονδοβρίς (Londobris).Much later it was referred to as the island of Saturno by Roman geographers, and was visited successively by Muslims, Vikings and pirates/privateers from England and France. In 1513, […]
By tourist on June 14, 2015
Activities, Go, Marinha Grande, Museums, See
The Glass Museum is a permanent institution, unincorporated and non-profit service of society and its development. Brings together collections that testify to the industrial, artisanal and Portuguese artistic glass since the mid-seventeenth / eighteenth century to the present. It is the only museum specifically devoted to the study of art, craft and glass industry in […]
By tourist on June 14, 2015
Activities, Archaeological tourism, Go, Learn, See
The Lapedo Valley is a great archaeological value of depression that is located in the Parish of Santa Eufemia, 13 kilometers from the Portuguese town of Leiria. The valley is about 1.5 km long and a maximum depth of 100 meters. Why it happens to Sirol the river, a tributary of the River Lys, and […]
By tourist on June 14, 2015
About Leiria, Activities, Enjoy, Go, Know, See, Slider
The Pine of the King, National Forest of Leiria, or Pinhal de Leiria is a Portuguese forest. It has 11,080 ha, covering the parishes of Marinha Grande and Vieira de Leiria, with only well inserted and fully in the municipality of Marinha Grande. In Portugal, the pine forest of Leiria marked the beginning of intensive […]
By tourist on June 14, 2015
Activities, Castanheira de Pera, Go, Learn, See
There is only documented news from 1757 in charter of D. José also signed by the Marquis of Pombal. Of the seven wells built only three that remain for their rarity were considered buildings of public interest. These three rough construction of wells are round inside; however two are octagonal on the outside and one […]