The Tower is the point of highest elevation of the Serra da Estrela and also of Portugal Continental, and the second highest of Portugal (only Mount Pico in the Azores, has a higher altitude – 2351 m). This point is not a characteristic peak of the mountain, but the highest point of a mountain. The […]
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 […]
The Estrela Mountain Dog is a large sized breed of dog that has been used to guard herds and homesteads in the Estrela Mountains of Portugal for centuries. Coat The Estrela Mountain dog comes in two coat types. Both types should have coat resembling the texture of goat hair. Long coat: The thick, slightly coarse outer coat lies close over the body and may be flat or slightly waved, […]
Monsanto castle, like those who have been deployed in this region, have been built by the Templars, whom D. Afonso Henriques, gave this land to the Arabs after the reconquest. The rock mass where the castle is deployed, it could have been a prehistoric fort, later occupied by the Romans, but this fortification only appears […]
