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Mondego River

Carregal do Sal
In Carregal, the granitic banks of the Mondego form an amazing scenery where the white wagtails come to drink.It's with an impressive testimony of the megalithic culture that we can start a fascinating journey in the region of Carregal do Sal.There...
Kayaks on the Mondego River
Santa Comba Dão
Here water from other streams and rivers join in an immense blue lake with green margins and secret places, where the fishermen know by hard all the fish species.
This water wher it's possible to see boats with colourful sails. Just as...
Santa Comba Dão - Granjal
Tábua
With the Alva River on one side and the Mondego on the other, the water becomes the dominant element in the scenery of Tábua. On the south, the Alva River flows through terraces and pine forests, bathing the little villages built out of
Tábua
Mortágua
The blue colour is always present in the landscape of Mortágua. From the sanctuary of Senhor do Mundo, from Moinhos de Sula, from Moura in the Buçaco Mountains or from the Caramulo Mountain, the blue of the sky seems to be infinite....
Mortágua
Penacova
In Penacova we have the Mondego! The same calm and blue river that we can see from the Pergola drawn by Raúl Lino or from the Belvedere, whose construction was ordered by Emídio da Silva, in the beginning of the 20th century. The
Penacova - Windmills
Vila Nova de Poiares
Between the Mountains of Carvalho, Soutelo, Atalhada and Bidueiro, we find Poiares, cooled by the waters of the Mondego, the Alva and the Ceira Rivers. They are blue life lines that enhance the scenery and feed large leafy trees that shelter many...
Rio Mondego
Coimbra
If it is from the Patio of the University that the Mondego River seems more beautiful, it is for sure because in Coimbra the river has always been sung. And the students have given and they still give the city fados and ballads, books and poems,...
Coimbra - Aerial View
Montemor-o-Velho
In Montemor-o-Velho the landscape is dominated by the Mondego River: once there was an harbour here which was "visited by many boats".
Today the Mondego is a track of blue water, with colourful rowing boats cutting through. There are
Mondego Fields
Figueira da Foz
Its history is long, very long as it is proved by the half-hundred footprints of Dinosaurs that have been found in Cabo Mondego! It's from the imposing Serra da Boa Viagem that we can enjoy the perfect geometry of the salt pans in the estuary of
Figueira da Foz - Beach