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1 review of Vila Verde

Beautiful town

Vila Verde is not very well known to tourists. Its located in the heart of the Minho region and offers beautiful natural landscapes, famous for their green wine vineyards, pretty villages which are rich in architectural, and popular for its traditional crafts. There is an impressive courthouse building in the center of town, which is surrounded by a small garden, squares, churches and monuments. This town is especially known for the quality of their crafts. One such craft is the typical "love scarf" which is a scarf that is embroidered by local women, since the eighteenth century.

The pottery and wickerwork are also of good quality.

Close to Vila Verde is the somewhat abandoned Rendufe Monastery and Ponte Novo, through which a beautiful river runs through. About 5 km down, there is the Restaurant Torres, a good place if you want to taste the typical regional cuisine. As for the cuisine as well as around the Miño, they feature hearty dishes such as roast lamb, rojões the Portuguese stew, the sarrabullo, etc. Gourmets will find the famous Abbot pudim which is made with eggs and pork fat mixed with port wine, lemon and cinnamon. You must be accompany your meal with the "vinho verde" produced on farms throughout the region.
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