Águeda combines the fusion between the country side and city beauty. Near to beaches and mountains, surrounded by beautiful and peaceful sceneries, also has her city way, attracting a lot of tourists.

 

Detained exuberates sceneries at environmental level and also in her architecture level that provides to her visitants many reasons for vacations or long walks.

Her architectonic beauty may be seen in main church, “Santa Eulália” church, “Almas da Areosa” chapel, “Borracha” palace, “Conde Sucena” farm and ”Dionísio & Alice Pinheiro” museum foundation. Here you may appreciate a valuable collection of Portuguese painters from XIX and XX centuries, and decorative art pieces such as Chinese porcelains a Portuguese, national and French furniture.

 

Another place to visit is the: “Casa-Museu de Etnografia da Região do Vouga”. Here you can know how does people from “Vouga” dressed and lived.

 

For those who’re looking communication with nature we recommend a visit to: “Quinta de Serém”, “Quinta dos Condes” and “Varanda de Pilatos”.

 

“Préstimo” countryside is also a pretty place to visit were you can observe houses from the XVII century and the ancient “carreteiro” that cross over “Caramulo”. You can also see the “Urgueira” village and appreciate their houses made with granite.