Archaeological tourism
The Roman City of Ammaia located in the heart of the Natural Park of the Sierra de S.Mamede, one of the most bucolic and wooded places, within walking distance of Dam Apertadura and halfway to Marvão and Castelo de Vide where heritage is built and natural privileged reason for visit, is beginning today to be […]
The earliest dolmens in southern Portugal date from c. 4800 BCE, and this culture lasted into the Bronze Age (2000 BCE) and beyond into the Iron Age. In and around Marvão, there exists a high concentration of dolmens, rock-hewn tombs, passage mounds and megaliths, dated to the 3rd millennium BCE. Together with the Sever-valley sites around the […]
The Dolmen of Tapadão (or Anta da Aldeia da Mata) is the second largest in Portugal. It constitutes a megalithic monument with more than five thousand years old. It stands out for its size and still in very good condition. Was classified as a National Monument in 1910. It consists of seven granite struts with […]
The rock painting sites of Arronches are located in rock shelters south of São Mamede mountains, the Esperança parish in the municipality of Arronches. The cave paintings dating from the third millennium BC and represent human and animal figures and hand drawings in colors ranging from red to yellow. The most decorated shelter, and first of […]
