Almeida, Portugal
R. do Arco 13
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This massive low-lying fort in the middle of a remote part of Portugal is well worth the effort to visit. We went to see my husband's ancestral birth place. You can park and walk all over the carefully restored city and enjoy so many little shops and cafes. Historic plaque explain the history or you can just Google information. See the museum for sure and walk atop the ancient fortress walls where the view stretches for miles and miles across the gorgeous plains. There are hotels in the city, but we stayed at a rebuilt historic about 25 minutes outside of town.
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This place is a mandatory visit for anyone interested in military history. Having already visited Elvas and its grandeous mountain fortresses, I was not expecting Almeida to be so impressive. Its sheer size makes you wonder about the amount of manual labor required to raise such monstrous walls around the village. Walking on top of the large mounds you can almost like a guard on patrol. There's no photo that will ever do justice to this wonderful construction.
It's a really interesting place to visit. It's a huge military architecture to defense from the French army.
4/5 Almeidas - Felt protected
The old castle ruins within the fortress. You can clearly see the dramatic effect of the explosion that destroyed it.
A beautiful place. A small part in the history of Portugal's defensive military architecture. The green grass cloak, cloud formations and ambient light, so characteristic in this time of year (November), adds an idyllic look to the whole place and surrounding landscape.
Very nice place to visit and walk! The view is amazing all around. You can walk on the walls and sometimes on the rooftops as well! Lovely to see how the defences were organized at the time by the design and structure of the fortifications. Plan a couple of hours to be able to stroll in leisure mode. Great to open the apetite! ;-)
Fascinating place to visit. Not so sure of the findus crispy pancake passed of as local delicacies
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