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Torres de Sao Paulo e da Cadeia Velha

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Torres de Sao Paulo e da Cadeia Velha

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Ponte de Lima and Viana do Castelo Small Group Tour with Lunch and Wine Tastings
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Explore the best of Portugal’s Minho region during this full-day tour. Discover the port city of Viana do Castelo and its beautiful hilltop sanctuary of Santa Luzia. Then head to Portugal’s oldest village, Ponte de Lima, to learn about the country’s ancient history as well as its popular “green wine” culture. Sit down to a delicious Portuguese lunch and visit a local winery before heading back to Porto.
€105.00 per adult
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Interesting old tower
Tourist center + exhibition. Well maintained site. You can not climb to the tower roof. Friendly staff.
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Date of experience: May 2019
So nice
Very nice history and preservation. You can clearly see this without running and having the major information about the city.
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Date of experience: July 2018
Secret stairs at the back
We (like many others) came upon a set of stairs and were surprised to walk up and find a sort of second level to the town. Very cool, kids loved it! Made us wonder about times past... romantic and old.
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Date of experience: July 2018
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A relic from the past
This tower was quite interesting! It looked like a fortress and at the same time I found a door that looked more like a prison. I found out that this is a remain of the old Medieval fortifications. However, it was also used later on as a prison as well until the 1860s. It made…
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Date of experience: July 2016
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Visiting Ponte de Lima.
Torre da Cadeia Velha, has served like his name is telling us as a prison (Torre = tower) and (Cadeia = prison) this until the 1960 of the past century. From that time they turned into a place with function of Regional Historical Arquiver. And today it is also the place where…
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Date of experience: March 2015
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