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| Looking down on Monsanto from the Castle |
Monsanto (the name these days has conotations with GM farming!) is a beautiful little village in Portugal that is famous for being Portugals most Portuguese looking village/town. |
| House between two rocks - Monsanto, Portugal |
|  | Another reason it is famous is that it is built around huge rocks that are scattered around, and some houses actually use rocks as walls. These houses can be extremely photogenic!
I visited Monsanto when I was driving between Lisbon and Madrid, I seem to remember that whilst it wasn't necessarily the most direct route, it wasn't a bad way of going either.
The best way of visiting Monsanto is to just park up and wander around the narrow streets, possibly climbing up as far as the castle on the hill, which gives somee stunning views down into the town! |
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| Pros: | "Beautiful, peaceful little village" | | Cons: | "A little out of the way - may be too quiet for some!" | | In A Nutshell: | "Worth a day trip for anyone." |
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traveldave Tue Aug 1, 2006 22:12 UTC
I didn't have a car when I was in Portugal, so unfortunately I didn't get to see any out-of-the-way towns like Monsanto. Looks like a fascinating place, but I would agree that it probably isn't the most Portuguese of cities. | RafaelTheSecond Fri May 26, 2006 23:09 UTC
Portugal has a warm welcome, they treat us like kings, you know, they love brazilians!;) | BluBluBlu Sun Apr 30, 2006 08:58 UTC
What a weird little place! Great photo's...Blu | Pete.Gibson Mon Apr 10, 2006 20:36 UTC
What a strange town.. weird the way everything is built amongst the rocks.. Thanks for sharing |
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