This museum in the majestic old 18C Episcopal palace has an attractive collection of shields on the ground floor which used to adorn the facades of noble houses. On the first floor, two collections merit special attention: the five paintings on wood..

This belvedere looks over the Douro and the north slope of the valley, striped with vines on supports and olive trees on terraces. Some villages and quintas (country houses) are scattered here and there. The white houses of Régua are piled up beside ..

The lower valley of the Douro, near to Porto, is the domain of the famous " vinho verde " or green wine . Proper port is made further to the east from Régua to the Spanish border. The river which has been widened with successive dams, run..

Of the early Romanesque cathedral (12C) there only remains the square belfry whose top dates from the 16C. The interior was rebuilt in the 18C.

From the foot of the staircase which leads to the sanctuary there is a pretty view over this Baroque ensemble. The facade of the church (18C) whose white rough-cast plasterwork makes the elegant granite curves stand out, dominates the cross-ramped s..

This chapel, built in 1640, is decorated in sculpted and gilded wood from the 18C and azulejos from the 17C. Notice the painted box ceiling depicting scenes from the life of Christ.

The 17C facade hides the sanctuary which is thought to be the oldest in Portugal: Visigothic in origin from the 7C, the small low space has evidence on its walls of the re-use of Roman material. Notice the sarcophagus of Afonso Pires, the Bishop of P..

Lying in the fertile Barosa Valley and looking out over the Serra the Leomil, a few houses are scattered around the old monastery of Sao Joao de Tarouca