Tourism in Portugal

This inspiring 20 km-long beach hopping route will lead you from Valmitão to Assenta beach across the most incredible natural settings of Center of Portugal's west coast. That continues to impress travellers with its wilderness and unrivalled pristine beauty. 

The orchid species Cephalanthera longifolia is one of the few white orchids blooming in Portugal. It can be easily spotted amidst forest glades and on roadsides, in transition zones between oak tree or pine forests and low bushes. 

When King D.Dinis obtained from pope John XXII the creation of the Military Order of Christ, which was to render such inestimable services to Portugal and the World, his virtuous wife, Queen Isabel de Aragão – the Saint – laid the foundation of the great movement of Christian solidarity by instituting the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, over the Apostles, with festivities and rituals which in many cases undoubtedly of old pagan origin, like the “Festa dos Tabuleiros”.

The island of Morraceira, located in Figueira da Foz, is a highly fascinating place in terms of bird-watching interest.