Traditions Tour
4 PORTO (Airport)
75 km
VIANA DO CASTELO
(Meadela)
Casa do Ameal
(Casa Antiga - Category B)
The Faria Araújo family who still resides there
today purchased Casa do Ameal in 1669 for
just 3,500 shillings. It is thought to have been
built in the 16th Century, although no exact
date is known. In keeping with traditional
Minho noble houses the entrance courtyard is
adorned with a stone fountain and pond. The
proprietors
of
Ameal
have
thoughtfully
provided an authentic handicrafts and folkloric display, and exhibit antique costumes
belonging to their ancestors.
At 2 km from Viana do Castelo, a historical town, a distance walk from the marina and
the beach, this town is know by the variety of handicrafts and for the folkloric costumes
and dancing.
VIANA DO CASTELO
(Meadela)
75 km
POVOA DE LANHOSO
(Travassos)
CENTER - Central Nacional de Turismo no Espaço Rural
Praça da República - 4990-062 Ponte de Lima - Portugal
Tel: (+351) 258931750 / 258741672
Fax: (+351) 258931320 / 258741444
Email [email protected] URL: www.center.pt
Casa de Alfena
(Casas Antigas – Category B)
Casa de Alfena is a manor house from the
XVIII century linked to a group of rural
buildings and old goldsmith’s workshops. The
house and the rural buildings have been
adapted to receive guests and the workshops
gave way to a gold museum. Classified for its
historical,
cultural,
and
architectonic
relevance, the house shares its gardens, granite
threshing-floor, patios, and swimming pool with the museum. Travassos is a traditional
filigree (Latin: filum-granum) workshop-village, located in the North bank of river Ave,
and in the vicinity of Peneda-Gerês National Park.
POVOA DE LANHOSO
(Travassos )
110 km
CHAVES
Quinta da Mata
(Quinta & Herdade - Category B)
Quinta da Mata is a house from the XVII
century - with chapel, located at 3 km from the
city of Chaves in the hillside of the “Serra do
Brunheiro” surrounded by a thick forest and
by copious sources of water.
With swimming pool, tennis court, horses,
wine producers, the owners share with guests
the traditional food (they cooked the bread and they produced there own sausages)
Chaves
155 km
4 PORTO (Airport)
CENTER - Central Nacional de Turismo no Espaço Rural
Praça da República - 4990-062 Ponte de Lima - Portugal
Tel: (+351) 258931750 / 258741672
Fax: (+351) 258931320 / 258741444
Email [email protected] URL: www.center.pt