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A few centuries before Christ, people in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula developed life forms characterized, among other things, by a type of settlement: the "castros?.The "castros? were nothing more than fortified villages, located on prominent hills with broad visual domain. These defensive concerns were usually complemented by the construction of stone walls and/or deep moats to...

A verdant park in the heart of the city! A very pleasant place with leafy trees, lawn and flower beds, dotted by benches that invite to rest and reading, or to just observe the hustle and bustle of the city.

The Town Hall building project was prepared by the architect Alfredo Leal Duarte Machado, from Coimbra, and is dated June 1939. In October 1940, the Government granted the municipality an amount for its construction. In a council meeting on March 19, 1941, it was decided to grant the construction contract to António Oliveira Gomes, from Porto. The works began in April 1941. By order of the...

In recent years, the San Pedro Celebration has become one of the greatest pilgrimages of the municipality

It is celebrated on the third Sunday of September in Espinho in honour of Santa Padroeira dos Pescadores

This is a festival with a program of high national and international artistic value, with different disciplines (music, street theater, contemporary circus, gastronomy)

Presented by the most prestigious national and international companies, ensuring as one of the main events for the promotion and spreading of the current panorama of the puppets world

Xávega, the art of dragging is used on this beach.The net is formed by a finer mesh where fish is trapped. The boat go into the sea, leaving the end of a rope on land, and when it is 3 or 4 km from the coast, the net is thrown.After this operation, fishermen return to the coast, bringing the other end of the rope on the boat. They join the two rope ends and pull the boat with oxen or tractors,...

For a week, about 3.000 participants, 90 clubs and 250 teams fill the city of Espinho with joy, animation and colour

Ecovia do Litoral is almost 12 Km long. You can go hiking or cycling and contemplate the various beaches, urban and popular environments, such as neighbourhoods and scenes of fishermen’s life. If you are lucky, you can see these men in their jobs or fishing tackles resting in the sun waiting for the

Espinho Auditorium is open since 2006 and is assumed as a space for artistic creation and promotion towards music, theater, dance and contemporary circus. This infrastructure develops annually a diverse, regular and recognized artistic program, covering the different areas of creation, always looking for new traditions and cultural movements. Don?t miss the opportunity to watch a...

Excellent beach with lots of typical restoration close by