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The Berlengas Islands, Berlengas Natural Reserve, in Peniche

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, […]

The Glass Museum, in Marinha Grande

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 […]

The Lapedo Valley and Lapedo Boy, Cross Between Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon, Archaeological Site

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 […]

The Pine Forest of Leiria, The Wood That Built the Discoveries Ships

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 […]