Sign in with Facebook- Join for free
- Sign In
Sign in with Facebook
solopes Says: In a small house belonging to the Philarmonic Association, ADEPART, a cultural organization, created in 2001 a small museum, collecting the local memories. In display there are traditional instruments, books, paintings, and handicrafts. One of my uncles donated his funny...
solopes Says: Part of the Natural Park is included in Turquel area. Rough environment and wide sights encircle beautiful and appealing spots, for a vacation away from it all. Atop the mountain, the old house of the guards is a chosen place for picnics, and a overnight possibility for a...
Pão Quente Vila: Pizzas to Take Away ...
MarioPortugal Says: Pão Quente Vila established itself in the centre on Turquel in December 1997. They specialized in Pastry, Pizza and Bakery.Everything is baked on the premises. The restaurant seats 56 people inside and guests may order Pizza for either take away or to eat on the premises.I...
Casa Velha: On the Top of the Sierra
MarioPortugal Says: Casa Velha ("Old House" in english) is the name of a restaurant located at the very top of the Candeeiros Sierra, in Casal Vale de Ventos (*1) population, about 5 kilometres from the centre of Turquel.One particularity that standout on this restaurant is the rustic stone...
Helpfulness
Healthy, funny, and open to all the family!
What else should we demand for a nightlife event? Twice a week (Monday and Wednesday) a few dozens of people of all ages gather in the club to learn ballroom dancing. The more advanced or daring are already in competition, the other, for the moment, only share the fun, and learn.
I'm the eldest, and, with Fernanda, we risk to become regional champions (respect, OK?) because... we compete with our shades.
The fun and social interaction goes far beyond twice a week and... excuse-me: I have to stop writing and go back to practicing for next Saturday competition in Abrantes.
Many saturdays, many competitions gone, and dancing keeps being a pleasant and healthy solution for the night.
Updated Sep 7, 2012
Address: Hoquei Clube de Turquel
Casa Sousa Lopes: The best shop in the world
solopes Says: The oldest (almost 80 years) and more solid shop in Turquel, with a policy of quality products in mid range prices, sold comparatively cheap. In VT we need objectivity. But in this case allow me some subjectivity. This is, no doubt for me, the best shop in the world,...
solopes Says: My special friend João Moreira has the skill that I will never have, nor dream to... His atelier, at the north entrance of Turquel deserves to be visited. Tiles and glasswork are his speciality, and if you decide to buy something, you will be the lucky one.
solopes Says: Though a small town, Turquel is rather active, with lots of activities either locally confined, or shared with our neighbors. Folklore exhibitions are regular, and dozens of countries from all the continents have performed in Turquel and Alcobaça. Spain, with several regions...
solopes Says: When needed, for a religious or social investment, the people organizes some festive parades, where each neighborhood gathers all the local contribution in decorated vehicles (everything serves, since trucks to toys) and meet in a party where most of the offers are sold....
solopes Says: Atop the mountain, right in the Natural Park, life is hard. Long walls of piled stones have not the purpose to close properties, it's mainly a way to free small portions of land to use in agriculture. Those walls, stretching everywhere in the landscape, have been replaced,...
solopes Says: It's an old tradition taking the children to the fields, to collect a wheat spike and use it to compose a bouquet with wild flowers. The Natural Park of Aire and Candeeiros is not commonly used by locals, but, sometimes attracts visitors from distant places. It is, indeed, a...
solopes Says: My friend Avelino is a citizen of the world, whose hobby is... making friends. After many years in USA, he returned home, surrounded by tons of... everything. So much stuff that he decided to share it, building next to his house a sort of museum.Unpredictable, and always...
solopes Says: Forgive me if I insist on my uncle's wooden carving, displayed in the Ethnographic Museum, but I have to make justice to his sense of humor and manual skills. Though hardly concentrated in only two displays, some of the pieces are really fun The museum has moved to a more...
solopes Says: "Relego" was the name of a tax paid in the historic days to the monks of Alcobaça, who owned all the surrounded area, including Turquel. Relego is now the name is the highest hill of Turquel, maybe because it was the place where the tax was collected, and it is one of the...
solopes Says: In the way up to the Natural Park, from Turquel, you pass close to a small chapel. It's an indistinctive building, standing as a landmark of the locals religiosity, that made some popular people build it, away from everything, almost lost in the mountain. Once a year there's...
solopes Says: The Natural Park of Serra de Aire e Candeeiros is a reserve for wildlife and flora, but these days, the landscape is changing. The "talefe" is a geodesic construction that marks the highest point of the mountain of Candeeiros. In my youth one of our bigger challenges was to...
solopes Says: Included in the Natural Park of Aire and Candeeiros, this mountain is a wild area, excellent for trekking and watching natural life and geologic formations. The sights are awesome, and, from caves to dinosaur trails there's a lot to see and to do far from the crowds rushes.
solopes Says: My neighbor has sheep. Nothing unusual. He also has dogs, but, I think he only uses them to hunt and guard the house. So, who guarded the sheep?Looking closer, today, I noticed that it was a... eagle. At least, she was there, carefully looking at the animals. As a matter of...
solopes Says: Slowly, Turquel is changing. Blocks of apartments replace the old family houses, cars invade all possible spaces, and services replace the old work in agriculture. Turquel is no longer a village, but it is not yet a town. The traditions are fading, the authenticity is...
solopes Says: - I bet two sheep and a lamb!- I cover it, and bet three more sheep and the dog! PS - I don't know who won theís poker game. I was so nervous that I abandoned the table!
Nested around the church, Turquel was in the middle ages a small town, loosing importance and dimension in the last centuries, until becoming a village. After the revolution of 1974, Turquel started...
Build your own Turquel page
Comments