TravelTips24 : Oporto : Amarante

Amarante

Amarante is a beautiful city, in northern Portugal's Oporto district. Amarante sits on a hill overlooking the bucolic river Tamega.In the distance stands the gourgeous mountain/serra do Marão.

Travel to Amarante & Visa Requirements

Drive Porto/Vila Real/Chaves main hihgway.Or take the bus or train. Note:The train runs to/from Amarante/Livração,along the beautiful Tãmega river valley.The train is slow,but the views are wonderful.(Livação is also connected to Porto/Regua/Pocinho[linha do Douro],another beautiful train line this one along the magnificent Douro valley.

Tours & Getting around Amarante

Walk,if able.It is a lovely small city.

Amarante attractions and sightseeing

  • Mosteiro (monastery)
  • Ponte (bridge) de S.Goncçalo.

Amarante city tours

Amarante souvenirs & shopping

Amarante Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive

Amarante nightlife, bars, clubs & pubs

Amarante cheap and luxurious hotels, youth hostels & lodging

  • Pousada de Marão - São Gonçalo, Nature Hotel, 5300-271 Bragança, ☎ (+351) 255 460 030(recepcao.sgoncalo@pousadas.pt, fax: (+351) 255 461 353), [1]. ==Contact== ==Get out== *Vila Real *Chaves *Douro valley *Lamego *Porto *Guimaraes *Braga. 

  








This page was last edited at 12:28, on 12 September 2008 by Ryan Holliday. Based on work by David and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.


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