Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro

Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro is in Northern Portugal. The Alto Douro Wine Region is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Bragança and Vila Real.

Bragança

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Bragança is a city of 35,000 people in Trás-os-Montes. It is one of the oldest cities in Portugal. Domus Municipalis and the castle are the most famous monuments in this city.

Vila Real

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Vila Real is a city of 52,000 people the Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro region in Northern Portugal. It is the home of the beautiful Palácio de Mateus.

Miranda do Douro is a town of 7,500 people in the Trás-os-Montes region and in the Terras de Miranda of northeastern Portugal. Miranda is a small, but an important historic city on the banks of the Douro river.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Chaves and Lamego.

Chaves

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Chaves is a beautiful city of 41,000 people in Trás-os-Montes and one of the most historical cities in Portugal. Chaves is a town and seat of municipality in the far North of Portugal, 10 km south of the Spanish border and 22 km south of Verín, Spain.

Lamego

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Lamego is a city and municipality in the Viseu District, in the Norte Region of the Douro in northern Portugal. Located on the shores of the Balsemão River, the municipality has a population of 26,691, in an area of 165.42 km2.

Vila Nova de Foz Côa

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Vila Nova de Foz Côa is a town of 7,300 people in Alto Douro wine region of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, northern Portugal. It principal draw for visitors are the sites of prehistoric rock art scattered through the nearby Côa Valley, and the museum in town that serves as a portal for understanding them.

Mirandela

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Mirandela, officially the City of Mirandela, is a city and a municipality in northeastern Portugal. The city itself is contained by the Mirandela parish, which had a population of 11,397.

Peso da Régua

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Peso da Régua is a city of about 17,000 people in the Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro region in Northern Portugal. The production of Port wine has been essential to the town's fortunes.

Armamar

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Armamar is a community of 6,300 people in Alto Douro wine region of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, northern Portugal. Armamar's economy thrives on the production of mountain apples, Douro and Porto wines, cheeses, smoked meats and sausages.

Alijó

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Alijó is a town and municipality in the Alto Douro wine region of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, northern Portugal. This area is the centre of the oldest demarcated wine region in the world: the Alto Douro Wine Region, classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.