Moimenta da Beira is a town of 10,200 people (2010) in Alto Douro wine region of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, northern Portugal.
Understand
Famous for the production of wine, apple, mainly of the "bravo de esmolfe" species, and also for having been the municipality where Aquilino Ribeiro lived in various stages of his life, more precisely in the small village of Soutosa.
Get in
Get around
Map of Moimenta da Beira
See
Pelourinho de Rua
- 1 Pelourinho de Castelo (Castle Pillory). Believed to date from 1669.
- 2 Pelourinho do Passô (Pillory of Passô). From the 15th century.
- 3 Pelourinho de Rua (Street Pillory).
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Solar do Sarzedo
- 4 Solar do Sarzedo (Solar de São Domingos do Sarzedo). A house built in 1523, and remodelled in 1724.
- 5 Aquilino Ribeiro Foundation - Museum and Library House, at Rua Juiz Conselheiro Aníbal Aquilino Ribeiro, in Soutosa.
Igreja matriz da paróquia de Sernancelhe
- 6 Igreja Matriz de São João Baptista (Parish church of Sernancelhe), Sernancelhe (17 km (11 mi) from Moimenta da Beira). Built in the 12th century, the parish church of the parish of Sernancelhe has as its patron Saint John the Baptist. Romanesque in style, it has an arched portal flanked by an image of saints and a bell tower.
Do
Buy
Eat
- 1 Casa do Avô Restaurante, Rua do Cieiro 22, Sarzeda (17 km (11 mi) away in Sernancelhe), ☏ 351 968 693 936, ✉[email protected]. 12:00–15:00 & 19:00–22:30.
Drink
Sleep
Bed & breakfast
- 1 Solar dos Correia Alves, Terreiro das Freiras 27, ☏ 351 254 588 127. Portuguese category: Turismo de Habitação.
Hotel
- 2 Hotel Verdeal, Quinta do Verdeal, ☏ 351 254 584 061, ✉[email protected]. 3-star hotel.
- 3 Hotel Rural Convento Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Freixinho (17 km (11 mi) away in Sernancelhe), ☏ 351 254 594 080, ✉[email protected]. .