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20 May, 2018

What to see in Bragança?

Bragança is the capital of the region of Trás-os-Montes, in the northeast of Portugal. This remote and mountainous region offers unique scenery, historic villages, natural landscapes and a rich gastronomy. Bragança is situated at the end of the Natural Park of Montesinho – one of the wildest forest areas in Europe, with a huge diversity of fauna and flora.

The inhabitants have a traditional way of life, especially in smaller cities and towns, such as Miranda do Douro, Mogadouro, Torre de Moncorvo and Freixo de Espada à Cinta. The daily life has not undergone many changes for centuries and these isolated villages have a very own rustic beauty. The region is especially beautiful in the spring when a white blanket of almond blossoms covers the valleys. The nearby Mirandela is known for its meats and alheiras, but you can find local specialties a bit throughout the region.

20 October, 2017

Day of the Natural Park of Montesinho / 30August

“The natural and landscape richness of the mountainous mountain range Montesinho – Coroa and the valuable cultural elements of the human communities that have settled there justify that actions are urgently initiated in order to safeguard the patrimony and the socio – cultural animation of the populations.

This paragraph is the beginning of the preamble to Decree-Law no. 355/79, of August 30, which classified the northern part of the counties of Bragança and Vinhais as a Natural Park. This status was justified by the natural, landscape and human values of the region, the receptiveness of local authorities to safeguard the heritage of their municipalities and parishes and the potential of outdoor recreation and sport that the region possesses.

20 April, 2016

Tourist Destination of Northern Portugal

Yesterday was launched the new tourist destination brand of northern Portugal.

A Corane project, implemented by the company Key Content.

Montesinho, Quinta das Covas and Bísaro Salsicharia Tradicional, have joined this new brand, which will certainly contribute to the development of the transmontana cold earth.

The objective of this project is that the nature, cultural and religious heritage, gastronomy, tour operators, hotels, animation or points of sale of products, from the north-east of Portugal, will be “sold” together, under a common brand.

The site can be viewed at: NorDestin

20 November, 2015

Recall some of the Transmontanan Expressions, words and relics

Carólo de…: a piece of bread.
Escaxei-me a rir: laughing with intensity.
Borracheira: Drunk.
Cibo – bit of something ex. “um cibo de folar”.
Encher o odre -eat a lot.
Bota ca! Ask for something ex. “bota cá um copo de binho!”
Andar na rinchadeira: -Walking on the street late in the game.
Correr o cão -go for a walk.
Arrebanhar: – Scrape the rest of something
Ser guicha/o: – Be Smart
Baldão: – lazy and sloppy person
Canhão aério: sloppy person, who lacks a little for hygiene.
Refustedo: confusion “here goes a refustedo…
Recachiço:- stinking, stinking smell even ex.: “aquela manda ca um recachiço credo!”
Recoque: – has the same meaning as retachiço, is just another word to say that someone stinks like a ferret!
Ronco – here means giving a lecture, a sermon.
Carranhas: the nose monkeys
Larpar: Eat. Ex. Vou larpar uma pratada de alheira e grelos
Escambalhar: spoil, break something.