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Amarante straddles the Tamega River in Northern Portugal. The pretty town has a main commercial street lined with shops and restaurants with balconies over the river. The town’s historic center is filled with narrow cobblestone streets and 17th century homes and mansions. São Gonçalo Church This church is dedicated to Saint Gonçalo of Amarante. It […]
Portugal’s Vinho Verde wine region is an unusual in that if one set out to look for a place to grow grapes, Vinho Verde is one of the last places you would look. The cool, rainy, granite-soiled region is not at all conducive to growing wine grapes. The soil lacks many of the nutrients that […]