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Municipality in Norte, Portugal
Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Vila Nova de Famalicão is a city of 134,000 people (2011) in Minho.
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Casa de Camilo
The residence of the writer Camilo Castelo Branco is now a museum in the town of San Miguel de Ceide. The house was built by Ana Plácido's first husband, Pinheiro Alves, around 1830, when he returned from Brazil, in possession of a large fortune. Camilo lived with Ana Plácido in this house for about 26 years, from the winter of 1863 until his suicide in 1890.
Rustic restaurante in a restored old barn. Awarded "Michelin Plate: good cooking" and "comfortable restaurant".
Three-star, 40-room hotel with bar, free Wi-Fi, and free parking.
By train
Travel times between Famalicão and other major cities:
By car
You have a lot of highways going to Famalicão, from Braga, Guimarães, Porto, Felgueiras, Chaves, and others. If you are coming from the south of Portugal there is no difficulty at all.
By bus
Rede Expressos, a network of long-distance bus services, includes a number of direct and indirect lines to Famalicão from practically every city in Portugal.
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