Castelo Rodrigo
A walled Historic Village on a hilltop, with a medieval cistern and the ruins of the palace of Cristóvão de Moura.
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A walled Historic Village on a hilltop, with a medieval cistern and the ruins of the palace of Cristóvão de Moura.
A Cistercian monastery from the 12th–13th centuries, with a fine Gothic church in the fields below Castelo Rodrigo.
The highest point of the area, with a statue of Christ and a sweeping view over Spain, the Côa and the Douro.
A village on the Douro at the Spanish border, the last stop for river cruises, surrounded by almond trees.
In late February and March, thousands of almond trees turn the plateau and the Douro slopes white and pink.