Surroundings
♣ Rivers like Rio Alva and Rio Mondego
- the 'River of the Muses' - offer
opportunities for swimming.
♣ Serra da Estrela, a beautiful mountain area
where the highest point in Portugal lays - O Torre
1993 m. Most of the area is a National Park
♣ Markets, Oliveira do Hospital where every 2nd
Monday there is a bid market and Arganil a
picturesque small town on the Rio Alva, with
a market every Thursday.
♣ Buçaco, the most famous park in Portugal
- over 300 years old and with 700 different species
of trees
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