Routes
Tour the Excellence of the Gardens, where you can find the great green fields and the big mountains all around the country. In Minho you can visit Ponte de Lima and its great gardens, like Parque Temático do Arnado. Here, you can also discover Manor Houses, Estates and Farms and Rustic Cottages. They also have beautiful gardens, such as Casa do Outeiro and Paço de Calheiros.
In Guimarães, you can visit Casa de S. Cipriano with its splendid garden. Near Cabeceiras de Basto stays Casa da Tojeira, positioned in the romantic valley of the river Tâmega. Casa do Campo, near Celorico de Basto, boasts a prize-winning garden, with its immaculately trimmed Camellias contoured into graceful designs. Specialists claim that the oldest Camellia in Portugal is to be found here. Casa das Paredes, close to Fafe, is surrounded by a romantic garden with ornamental ponds. Also there is a small lake with running water and ancient camellias. If you prefer to travel on Douro, you must visit Casa de Santo António de Britiande, at about 5 km from Lamego. This house is situated on the outskirt of the famous Douro Valley. Serra da Estrela is a very beautiful place to visit, also.
Quinta da Ponte, at about 13 km from Guarda, is situated in the Natural Park of Serra da Estrela by a Roman bridge over the river Mondego, and it has a box garden laid out in 1740. In the South of Portugal, you can find Palácio de Rio Frio, in Pinhal Novo, at about 10 km from Montijo.
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