Serra da Estrela, Mountain of The Star Range and Beira Interior Tourism GuideEcotourism Archive » Serra da Estrela, Mountain of The Star Range and Beira Interior Tourism Guide https://www.serradaestrela.theperfecttourist.com The Perfect Tourist eMagazine Sun, 15 Mar 2015 21:49:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 Trails in Serra da Estrela, www.manteigastrilhosverdes.com https://www.serradaestrela.theperfecttourist.com/?p=3387 https://www.serradaestrela.theperfecttourist.com/?p=3387#comments Sun, 15 Mar 2015 19:25:51 +0000 http://serradaestrela.theperfecttourist.com/?p=3387 The following page has a lot of information of various walking routes, including maps, coordinates, altitude, location, duration, difficulty, etc .

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]]> https://www.serradaestrela.theperfecttourist.com/?feed=rss2&p=3387 0 Glacier Valleys, Five Routes in Serra da Estrela https://www.serradaestrela.theperfecttourist.com/?p=3360 https://www.serradaestrela.theperfecttourist.com/?p=3360#comments Sun, 15 Mar 2015 18:22:46 +0000 http://serradaestrela.theperfecttourist.com/?p=3360 The glacial valleys of the Serra da Estrela are unique in Portugal and are witness to the glacial era.

The glaciation (which occurred 20,000 years) led to the existence of perpetual snow that melted and made compact. He graduated so an icy summit at the Presidential Tower, this would have an area of 70 km2 and 80 m thick.

These valleys have originated in the passage of ice languages that have shaped through its strength to escoarem from the cone tower. These tongues of ice formed due to a progressive increase of temperature, although always negative.

There are five routes outlined by ice:

- Zêzere Glacier Valley, the largest in Europe;

- Alforfa Glacier Valley;

- Loriga Glacier Valley Glacier;

- Valley Covão Grande;

- Valley Covão Urso(Bear) Glacier.

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