Castelo Branco district

Next time you think about a ride, think of Castelo Branco.

The Capital of Beira Baixa is also a secret kept. But for a little while. More and more Portuguese and foreigners discover - and are surprised - with this city located between the mountains and the plainness, which invites a quiet discovery.

With a characteristic odor, which varies between the warm aroma of the stevas, the citrus of the orange blossom and the sweet smell of linden, Castelo Branco has an appreciable heritage of historical, cultural and landscape interest that, associated with the requalification of the public space of the city, the offer of cultural, sports and leisure equipment, have made concelho a place of strong tourist attraction.

For details on what to do, where to eat or to go to the Tourist Office, on Av. Nuno Álvares, in the heart of the city.

Here you are provided with the best suggestions for accommodation, gastronomy, crafts, leisure, sports, well-being and health in the city of Castelo Branco.

Castelo Branco is also famous for its time, gastronomy, but above all for its quality of life.

With lots of history, places of excellence to visit and relax.

Having only two seasons (summer and winter), where we currently enter the hottest.

Increasingly, it is the demand for its river beaches in the district that have a unique and paradisiacal beauty. With this brings the local accommodation that even during the winter due to the proximity of the Serra da Estrela has other historical sites of Portugal.

It is an excellent opportunity to invest because it has a return on investment in a short time.

Here are some places to visit:

1st Episcopal Palace – Collections are kept there, from paintings, sculptures and archaeology. Its greatest highlight, however, is its garden. The natural compositions were carried out at the initiative of D. João de Mendonça. Two staircases give access to large terraces and the garden is considered a treasure for the city.
2nd Embroidery Interpretation Center – This center aims to promote the revaluation, recovery, innovation and relaunch of this tradition. It brings together artifacts as well as recent digital and technological media.
3rd Pool-Beach - Reference leisure space, it is part of a beach pool and an indoor pool.
4th Castle - Known as The Templar Castle, would be integrated into the "tagus line of defense". It remains one of the most important historical-military record of Castelo Branco.
5º Monte da Fonte Santa São Luís (Rural Tourism) - You can practice rural tourism, refreshing yourself in the pools, hiking and enjoying the beauty of the surrounding countryside

Castelo Branco originated in the place of a Luso-Roman camp called Castra Leuca, at the top of the Hill of Cardosa.

It will have been the Knights Templar building the walls and the castle.

Of its typical products, we can mention the embroidery of Castelo Branco, linen quilts, embroidered with natural woven thread, with biblical themes, friendship, love, marriage union, among others.

This district is also famous for the quality of its cheese, with its cheeses that generate money for the region among them are goat and sheep.

Beira Baixa is the region where some of the most appreciated and traditional cheeses in the country are produced.

A region with a long pastoral history, due to its granite soils and good natural and improved pastures, sheep and goats, which graze freely through the fields, find favorable conditions to produce a rich and tasty milk.

The milk of excellent quality, combined with artisanal production methods, gives the Cheeses of the Castelo Branco Region, unique organoleptic characteristics.

Recognized as Protected Designation of Origin cheeses - PDO - present high quality and production guarantee under strict and controlled conditions of hygiene, conservation and manufacture

Being also a University city (IPCB - https://www.ipcb.pt/ ) has a large young population that gives life and movement daily. It is one of the most sought after regions for a variety of courses that are attracted to the most diverse areas as well as young Portuguese and foreign Portuguese.

To make a brief visit to Castelo branco online click on the link below:

https://castelobranco360.cm-castelobranco.pt/

A visit to the district where you can find everything a little. Very well structured and where it has all the useful and historical information of the city.

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