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Moimenta da Beira Hotel Verdeal Moinhos da Tia Antoninha Hotel accommodation / Hotel / *** Tourism in the Country / Country Houses Address: Quinta do Verdeal 3620-000 Moimenta da Address: Lugar do Cabeço de Lebrais Leomil 3620-198 Beira Leomil mbr Telephone: +351 254 584 061 Fax: +351 254 584 063 Telephone: +351 254 588 095 Fax: +351 254 588 099 E-mail: [email protected] Website: E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.hotelverdeal.com http://www.moinhostiaantoninha.com

Characteristics and Services: Other informations: Bar; Number of beds: 68; Number of rooms: 33; Number of suites The involving surroundings allow going for walks, cycling or four- : 1; wheel driving through tracks that cross the heart of the Leomil Room facilities: Mountain where you can enjoy the magnificent views and Air conditioning in room; Telephone in room; Television in room; landscapes. Listen to the birds, recognize their singing and Accessibility: plumage, socialize closely but safely with animals still in Disabled access; Disabled access; extinction, such as wolves and foxes. Live the striking experience you can witness with the passage of a herd of wild boars. Live together with cinegetic species in perfect freedom in the Quinta da Regada do Moinho surroundings which invite to meditation, as well as indolence, in order to recover the strength that will provide a healthy return to Tourism in the Country / Country work and the daily struggles of life. For those who are not thrilled Houses with the peacefulness of the place, mountain bikes and four- Address: Avenida Álvaro de Almeida, N.º 10 3620-490 wheel motorbikes are available for visits around as well as Segões programmes for those who love hunting on touristic hunting Telephone: +351 93 871 71 67 areas. E-mail: [email protected] Registration No.: 1352; Characteristics and Services: Characteristics and Services: Number of beds: 4; Number of rooms: 2; Games room; Swimming-pool; Number of beds: 10; Number of rooms: 6; Double rooms with toilet: 7; Rooms in the main house: 7; Television room; Central heating; Internet Access; Pets allowed; Number of apartments : 1; Access: Outdoor parking; Buses; Train stations; Room facilities: Heating in room; Television in room; Hair dryer in room; Internet access in room; Air conditioning in room; Telephone in room; Timetable: Breakfast timetable: 09h00 - 10h30; Payments: Guiding price: $$$ (60€ - 90€); In a place of peculiar rusticity by a river, three mills were restored, and transformed into accommodation. There is a traditional oven, typical kitchen and an ancient recovered millstone, for a relaxing quiet stay. There are six rooms all of them with private bathrooms with bath, three twin and three doubles. There is also a flat with double room, kitchen, living room and two additional beds.

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Moimenta da Beira Crónicas da Terra - Turismo Natureza e Aventura Address: Av. 25 de Abril, 40 3620-304 Moimenta da Beira Telephone: +351 254 588 127 Fax: +351 254 588 127 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.cronicasdaterra.pt Other informations: Registration No.: 13/2007; Activities: Boat Trips; Fishing; Walking; Nature watching; Cycling; Off- roading; Canoeing; Kayak; Orienteering; Target shooting; Birdwatching; Climbing; Paintball; Abseiling and Aerial slides; Observation of geology; Rafting; Mountain Climbing; Canyoning; Hunting; Motorbike rental; Bike hire;

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Moimenta da Beira Convento de Nossa Senhora da Purificação Address: Largo do Terreiro das Freiras / Rua Aquilino Ribeiro 3620-330 Moimenta da Beira

Founded in the mid-16th century, this convent's estate was regularly enriched through the dowries that it received from its novices, originating from the region's noble families and coming here to take up religious orders. In 1706, due to years of abuse and the disorder in which the community then lived, a reform was imposed on the convent by the Bishop of Lamego. In 1812, the convent was closed and its income joined to that of the

Mosteiro das Chagas, in Lamego, to where the nuns were also moved. Part of the sumptuous carved and gilded woodwork that once adorned the Mosteiro das Chagas can now be seen at the

Lamego Museum.

The church underwent profound changes in the 17th and 18th centuries, resulting in a combination of Mannerist and Baroque features. Outside, attention is drawn to the doorway of the side façade, flanked by two pairs of columns with Ionic capitals and a small terrace supported by seven Tuscan columns, from where the nuns undoubtedly looked out on the world outside.

Inside, the walls are lined with some most impressive 17th- century polychrome azulejos. Equally eye-catching are the elegant triumphal arch and some carved and gilded wooden altarpieces in the baroque rococo style. On the back wall are the wide openings of the upper and lower choirs, closed with an iron grille. The statue standing sideways on the high altar is a representation of St. Bernard.

Still to be found in the chancel is the tombstone of the convent's founder, Dr. Fernão Mergulhão, who obtained the agreement of the Bishop of Lamego and the approval of the Pope to set up a

2013 Turismo de Portugal. All rights reserved. 3/9 [email protected] convent here in 1594, endowing it with liturgical vestments and sizeable estates. The jasper tombstone bears his coat of arms and an inscription alluding to the convent's foundation.

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Moimenta da Beira Reis, Lda - Moimenta da Beira Address: Rua 25 de Abril, n.º 25 - 1º - Apartado 31 - 3620-304 Moimenta da Beira Telephone: (+351) 254 583 081 Fax: (+351) 254 581 686

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Moimenta da Beira Prato Dourado São Francisco Address: Av. 25 Abril, 68 3620-304 Moimenta Beira Address: Alto de S. Francisco 3620-071 Moimenta Beira Telephone: 254 583 257 Telephone: +351 254 582 678

Timetable and reservations: Timetable and reservations: 12pm - 3pm / 6pm - 9pm Closed: Sunday; Closed: Friday; Characteristics and Services: Characteristics and Services: Capacity: 60; Air conditioning; Capacity: 120; Outdoor parking; Access: Access: Buses; Buses; Payments: Payments: Target price: $ (0€ - 10€); Travellers Cheques accepted; Target price: $ (0€ - 10€);

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Moimenta da Beira Moimenta da Beira

The name of "Moimenta" refers to a funereal construction or mausoleum and is thought to derive from the fact that in prehistoric times there was once a burial ground here.

Aquilino Ribeiro, a Portuguese writer from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, christened this region "Terras do Demo" (The Devil's Land), although it is in fact a very pleasant area producing fine wines and fruit of the highest quality.

Surrounded by picturesque villages, such as Alvite and Leomil, Moimenta da Beira is situated close to the River Távora, where on the reservoir formed by the Barragem do Vilar dam there are excellent conditions for water sports enthusiasts.

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Moimenta da Beira Costa Lima e Santos Address: Av. 25 de Abril, 3 3620-304 Moimenta da Beira Telephone: +351 254 583 705 / 96 332 31 95 Fax: +351 254 529 265 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.clsviagens.com Other informations: Licence No.: 283/77;

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Moimenta da Beira Posto de Turismo - Moimenta da Beira Address: Largo do Tabolado 3620-324 Moimenta da Beira Telephone: +351 254 520 103 Fax: +351 254 520 071 E-mail: info@visit-douro.com