On leafy mountain ranges and valleys that are lost in the horizon, Linares is the best place to raise flight and to give wings…. to its imagination, and to which it comes.
If it wants to feel light, to get rid of the weight of the routine, Linares is its destiny. Well-known like the “cathedral of the parapente” in Portugal, this town enjoys unique conditions for the practice of this sport, including a school and facilities for the sportsmen.
To the northwest of the Mountain range of Estrela, the historical town of Linares is to 820m of height on the beautiful valley of the Mondego river, that is born near there.
In the middle of the cold and dry air of the mountain range, the strange “birds of colors” of the parapentes scattered by the landscape contrast with the historical rest of the different towns that this way have happened - visigodos, Roman and Arab. Fill the pure air lungs and cross the Natural Park of Mountain range of Estrela. Between valleys and lagoons of glacial origin, it visits the colorful sources of the Mondego river.
The opportunity to visit Guarda, the highest city of Portugal (to 1056 ms of height) and one of oldest is not lost. Of the valuable patrimony it is worth the trouble to emphasize the Cathedral, from where an extensive panorama also has an interview.
One does not leave without proving the kitchen, that counts on flavorful inlays and traditional cheeses, like the appetizing cheese of the mountain range.