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Province of Portugal
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Train from Vilar Formoso- Guarda-Pampilhosa-Coimbra. Motorway A25 (Viseu-Aveiro-Guarda).
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municipality containing the important border town of Vilar Formoso
take the path to the highest geographical point of continental Portugal, with astonishing views over the valley
its medieval cathedral was built in the Gothic and Manueline styles
inland city with an artificial sandy beach
famous for the production of wine and apples
city with ancient civilization sights
it has one of the more important castles along the Côa River Valley
city along the River Côa with a Gothic castle
riverside city
with a 12th-century church
a charming hilltop city with a fine historic quarter, its Romanesque and Gothic cathedral is one of the finest in Portugal
an open-air Paleolithic archaeological site with thousands of engraved rock drawings of horses, bovines and other animals, human and abstract figures, dated from 22,000 to 10,000 years BCE
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