Douro Internacional Natural Park (Traveline Northern Portugal)
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The spectacular cliffs on River Douro, on this stretch of the border between Portugal and Spain, are more than a beautiful landscape, it is also a protected area on both Iberian countries.
Parque Natural do Douro Internacional
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Douro International Natural Park
In the northeast of Portugal, in the Trás-os-Montes region, the River Douro marks the border with Spain. This river can be seen flowing through the almost 122km long Douro International Natural Park You will be moved by the breath-taking views in the park. Water has carved the banks of the River Douro for centuries, forming monumental canyons covered with the local flora and populated by the various species of bird that inhabit the park. The combination of geography and Mediterranean climate provide the settings for a rich biodiversity in the entire park. Junipers, cork-oaks, chestnut trees and holm oaks can be found in the park’s forests, home to the Red Kite, Common Buzzard, also known as Buteo, and a wide variety of birds, such as the Blue Rock Thrush and the Golden Oriole. Some areas have seen significant human intervention: vineyards have been planted on the steep slopes of the park, producing the grapes used for making Port wine, the best-known Portuguese wine in the world. Being close to the park means that the crop and livestock farms attract the birds, which nest along the river canyons. This is where the birds, some of which are endangered species in both Portugal and abroad, can easily find food. Many of the wine growing farms in the Douro region offer birdwatching programmes.
Along the Douro
Beautifull scenery exiting Portugal heading for Zamora.
Happy me and my vulture buddies.
5 Reinos - Parque Natural do Douro Internacional
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De rio de águas violentas, o Douro, devido às barragens, fez-se um vasto e tranquilo espelho de água aprisionado entre muralhas a prumo, sendo notório o contraste entre a estreita garganta por onde corre e o ondulado das superfícies adjacentes.
A área do Parque abrange o troço fronteiriço do rio Douro, incluindo o seu vale e superfícies planálticas adjacentes, e prolonga-se para sul através do vale do seu afluente, o rio Águeda, numa extensão de cerca de 120 km.
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Douro river, Porto, Norte, Portugal, Europe
The Douro is one of the major rivers of the Iberian Peninsula, flowing from its source near Duruelo de la Sierra in Soria Province across northern-central Spain and Portugal to its outlet at Porto. The name, Latinized Durius, may have come from the Celtic tribes that inhabited the area before Roman times: the Celtic root is *dubro-. In modern Welsh, dŵr is water, as well as dour in modern Breton with cognate dobhar in Irish. In Roman times, the river was personified as a god, Durius. The Douro vinhateiro (winegrowing), an area of the Douro Valley in Portugal long devoted to vineyards, has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Traditionally, the wine was taken down river in flat-bottom boats called rabelos, to be stored in barrels in cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia, just across the river from Porto. In the 1950s and 1960s, dams were built along the river, which ended this river traffic from the upper regions in Spain and along the border. Now Port wine is transported in tanker trucks. In 1998, Portugal and Spain signed the Albufeira Convention, an agreement on the sharing of trans-boundary rivers to include the Douro, Tagus and Guadiana. The convention superseded an original agreement on the Douro, signed in 1927, that was expanded in 1964 and 1968 to include tributaries. It is the third-longest river in the Iberian Peninsula after the Tagus and Ebro. Its total length is 897 kilometres (557 mi), of which only sections of the Portuguese extension below the fall line are navigable, by light rivercraft. In its Spanish section, the Douro crosses the great Castilian meseta and meanders through five provinces of the autonomous community of Castile and León: Soria, Burgos, Valladolid, Zamora, and Salamanca, passing through the towns of Soria, Almazán, Aranda de Duero, Tordesillas, and Zamora. In this region, there are few tributaries of the Douro. The most important are the Pisuerga, passing through Valladolid, and the Esla, which passes through Zamora. This region is generally semi-arid plains, with wheat and in some places, especially near Aranda de Duero, with vineyards, in the Ribera del Duero wine region. Sheep rearing is also still important. For 112 kilometres (70 mi), the river forms part of the national border line between Spain and Portugal, in a region of narrow canyons. It formed a historical barrier to invasions, creating a cultural/linguistic divide. In these isolated areas, in which the Aldeadávila Dam impounds the river, there are protected areas: the International Douro Natural Park (on the Portuguese side) and the Arribes del Duero Natural Park (on the Zamoran margin). The Douro fully enters Portuguese territory just after the confluence with the Águeda River; once the Douro enters Portugal, major population centres are less frequent along the river. Except for Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia at the river mouth, the only population centres of any note are Foz do Tua, Pinhão and Peso da Régua. Tributaries here are small, merging into the Douro along the canyons; the most important are Côa, Tua, Sabor, Corgo, Tavora, Paiva, Tâmega, and Sousa. None of these small, fast-flowing rivers is navigable. Major Spanish riverside towns include Soria, Almazán, Aranda de Duero, Tordesillas, Zamora and major Portuguese towns include Miranda do Douro, Foz Côa, Peso da Régua, Lamego, Vila Nova de Gaia, and Porto. The most populous cities along the Douro River are Valladolid and Zamora in Spain, and Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia in Portugal. The latter two are located at the mouth of the Douro at the Atlantic Ocean. In Portugal, the Douro flows through the districts of Bragança, Guarda, Viseu, Vila Real, Aveiro and Porto. Porto is the main hub city in northern Portugal. Its historic centre has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its significant architecture and history. These reaches of the Douro have a microclimate allowing for cultivation of olives, almonds, and especially grapes, which are important for making the famous Port wine. The region around Pinhão and São João da Pesqueira is considered to be the centre of Port wine, with its quintas (or farms/estates) that extend along the almost vertical slopes of the steep river valleys. In the 21st century, many of these quintas are owned by multinational wine companies. Recently, a prosperous tourist industry has developed based on river excursions from Porto to points along the Upper Douro valley. The Douro railway line (in Portuguese: Linha do Douro) was completed in 1887; it connects Porto, Rio Tinto, Ermesinde, Valongo, Paredes, Penafiel, Livração, Marco de Canaveses, Régua, Tua and Pocinho. Pocinho is near the city of Foz Côa, which is close to Côa Valley Paleolithic Art site. This is considered important to the archaeological pre-historic patrimony, and it has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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The Nature Tourism - Porto And The North Of Portugal
The Nature Tourism - Porto And The North Of Portugal
The northern region of Portugal surprises by the beautiful landscapes, mountain, plateaus, valleys and a rich fauna and flora. These regions offer all who visit the healthy experience of engaging with nature and enjoying idyllic environments characterized by the diversity of natural resources and protected natural areas such as the National Park of Peneda Gerês.
Nature Tourism
Situated in the upper northwest of Portugal, on the border with Spain, Peneda Gerês Park is a place of traditions and customs where one lives mainly from agriculture, grazing and livestock.
In the Northeast Trás-Os Montes, Montesinho Natural Park is also one of the largest protected areas in Portugal, making it perfect to enjoy nature and rural life that integrates harmoniously into landscape itself. Heading south, you can browse the Douro Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and enjoy the river, its history and heritage architecturally, taste the characteristic Port wine and recharge your batteries in its hotels, inns or rural housing units. The Natural International Douro Park is also an area rich in its traditions and ethnological and its landscape marked by vineyards and olive groves. Discover the charms of the nature of these sites and surrender to the pleasure of rural tourism, photography tourism, bird watching and the practice of outdoor sports.
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Conforme diz o título, são estas Terras, Terras Ancestrais Atlantes, a Nossa Verdadeira Raíz Proto Cónii-Luso-Calaica.
O Nosso Gene Primordial é originário da Atlântida Gloriosa, hôje, por mais algum tempo, no Fundo do Atlântico, á excepção das Ilhas Encantadas dos Açôres e da Madeira.
A Maldita agenda Anglo-Sionista do Celtismo, que NOS querem impingir e na qual NOS querem integrar á fôrça, é aceite em Portugal por muitos/as que cá nascêram,criaturas, mas que não têm Amôr-Próprio, nem Patriotismo, nem Conhecimento... Limitam-se a IMITAR/importar esta agenda estrangeira (o celtismo, que adoptam como sua...) Anglo-Sionista que pretende tudo nivelar por baixo, Arrasando/Destruindo as Verdadeiras Raízes das Nações Antigas da Europa Ancestral e substituindo-AS pelas suas próprias(1) para o estabelecimento do seu império Satânico-Globalista.
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Douro Internacional
Viagem de VFR 800 vtec pelo Douro Internacional.
Northern Portugal
Northern Portugal, Guimarães, Barcelos and Porto (Oporto)
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Passeio de barco pelo Douro Internacional.
Gimaraes - village du nord du Portugal - région Porto
Très jolie ville a ne pas louper