When one enters the Casa da Eira Longa, the gaze is caught in the dazzling natural picture that presents itself, to the west and south.
The many paths that are designed in the landscape invite to walking and to the discovery of a marvellous kingdom, inhabited by noble people and constituted of magical places where you can still enjoy the unique and primordial smells, tastes, colors and sounds. Miguel Torga described this kingdom in his book “Diario”.
One can find traces of history and past times spread all over, such as Celtic and pre-Celtic dolmens, Roman roads, various fortifications, communal ovens, water mills, linen mills, looms, and so on.
The zone is fertile hunting area, but those who prefer to fish can do it in the existing dams in the region, as well as the beds of the rivers Beça, Covas and Terva.
If you like hiking, cycling, swimming or just watching a beautiful sunset or a starry sky like you’ve never seen before, the Casa da Eira Longa is the ideal place.
MANY ARE THE WORTHYPOINTS OF VISIT, NAMELY:
- Archaeological heritage property like the Castro’s of Lesenho and Carvalhelhos
- The old wolfram mines in Beça
- Roman gold mines of Bobadela
- Romanesque church of Covas de Barroso (classified monument)
- Nadir Afonso Arts Center, in Boticas
- Horns of the Peaks of Alturas
- Cinematographic villageof Vilarinho Seco
- Dam of Pisões
- Barroso Ecomuseum (poles in Boticas, Montalegre and Salto)
IN THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL PLAN, THERE IS:
- Calaica Feasts in Boticas, in the spring
- “Fridays the 13th” of Montalegre
- Congresses of traditional medicine in Vilar de Perdizes
- Most Singular Table of Saint Sebastian, in Couto Dornelas
- “Chegas de Bois” (approaching, or “arriving” two males, who will keep their heads back to determine the strongest)
- Summer pilgrimages
- Gastronomic fairs at the beginning of each year in Boticas and Montalegre
