Traveling on the CP Historic Tua Steam Train is a journey in time. Read more →

There are various versions and legends associated with town name. Of all the examples,Espada na Cinta de um Freixo - freixo in this context refers to the ash tree, a Portuguese derivative of fraxinus, although the rest of the name is confounded in legend. Read more →

Many know him as Saint Anthony of Padua, but actually he was born in Lisbon around 1190. Fernando Martins de Bulhões – Saint Anthony – was a Franciscan friar canonized by the Catholic Church in record time, one year after his death, and declared Doctor of the Church. Read more →