Local Food, Wine & Regional Products in Covilhã

Serra da Estrela cheese, mountain lamb, cherovia doce, chestnuts, honey and Beira Interior wines.

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What to Try in the Region

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Mountain lamb

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Lamb from the Serra da Estrela flocks, roasted in a wood oven.

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Serra da Estrela cheese

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Portugal's most famous cheese, made from sheep's milk curdled with thistle; creamy enough to eat with a spoon.

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Cherovia doce

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A Covilhã sweet made from parsnip, sugar and cinnamon.

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Beira Interior wines

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Fresh mountain wines from the vineyards around the Serra da Estrela.

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Chestnuts

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Chestnuts from the mountain slopes, roasted in the streets in autumn.

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Serra da Estrela honey

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Dark heather and wildflower honey from the mountain.