CITY OF LIGHT, HERITAGE AND DEEP-ROOTED TRADITIONS, CASTELO BRANCO IS RICH IN NATURE, FLAVOUR, AND CULTURE.
Full of history and tradition, Castelo Branco has excellent accessibility and an innovative business and educational hub that combines with a vast historical, cultural, and natural heritage.
Barrocal Park
The 10 new thematic routes of Castelo Branco invite you to meet as a family, spaces where memory, tradition, and nature blend together.
Castelo Velho – Serra da Gardunha
From the unique example of Baroque in Portugal that is the Episcopal Palace Garden, going through the Castle, built by the Templars, the beautiful Portados Quinhentistas (Doors from the 16th century) in the historic area and moving towards the museum network, you will have access to a wide scope of thematic narratives that reflect the region’s identity.
Episcopal Palace Garden
Cargaleiro Museum
Contemporary Culture Center
Find out the craftsmen and the crafts that, besides characterizing the region, were and still are an elementary part of the territory’s regeneration process, like Viola Beiroa (stringed instrument) and the Embroidery of Castelo Branco.
The palate is also enriched by the region’s traditional flavours, notably the local products such as Honey, Wine, Sausages, Olive Oil and the already recognized Beira Baixa Cheese.
