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Newest Review: ... was a Gourmet Festival. This is when top Portuguese chefs get together and spend three days inventing cuisine from the Beiras. Demonstrations are given and you can take part in interactive dinners where visitors can volunteer to help the chefs cook and then a somelier will choose wines to match the dishes and explain the matches and his choices. Throughout the three days there is more food and wine matching and a Gourmet Food Circus which is a finger food dinner with specialities from the region. There is live music and opportunities to speak to all the chefs. The event is held at the Solar do Vinho do Dao in Viseu in May. I thought it was a... more

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Beira: The Granite Heart of Portugal (2741 words)
by - written on 15/09/09 (Very useful, 75 readings)
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*The region is actually called Beiras as there used to be three separate divisions in the regions but those divisions are now obsolete and have been included as a whole, naming the region, Beiras.* The region of Portugal known as the Beiras is often called the granite heart of the country. Sierra da Estrela is the highest mountain range in Portugal and cuts a diagonal line acoss the centre of the Beiras, surounded by even more mountains that reach out towards Spain. The landscapes here are some of the most beautiful in Iberia; imagine the high peaks coated white in winter like the icing of a christmas cake and then transformed into a canvas of purple during ... Read the complete review

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