Portugal via Serra da Estrela en Torre en Glacier Valley
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Last edit: 25-11-2019
Route Summary
Natural park Serra da Estrela in Teixeira has pleasantly surprised us. Rugged mountains, alternately lush and bare, sometimes good roads, sometimes roads of a lesser quality. Highlights are the mountain peak of Torre at a height of 1993 meters, which is quite unusual for you to be able to get up with the bike. And then the descent to Glacier Valley. Perhaps the most beautiful part of the trip. Due to the lack of traffic (hours no oncoming traffic!) And the unfamiliarity this route gave even more feeling, an unreal beautiful ride!
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Duration
6h 16m
Mode of travel
Car or motorcycle
Distance
364.89 km
Countries
Ergens onderweg
RouteXpert Review
A dream ride with several highlights such as the Serra da Estrela, Torre and Glacier Valley. There is no better route in Portugal. In fact, and this is very personal, I like this route better than the famous Alpine passes. That is because it is very quiet, not in line to the top, not all coffee and cake in the same restaurant. And yet only 4 stars instead of the full 5 stars. That is because it is a connecting route, part of a journey. That is why there is also a motorway and the route is too long to be able to take some time to look at things. Advice is therefore to register or log in to MyRoute-app and customize this route to your own wishes. If you want to read the whole story, you can do so by clicking on this link: https://www.myrouteapp.com/en/social/blog/575?mode=share Serra da Estrela
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Camilo Castelo Branco, 1st Viscount of Correia Botelho (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐˈmilu kɐʃˈtɛlu ˈbɾɐ̃ku]; 16 March 1825 – 1 June 1890), was a prolific Portuguese writer of the 19th century, having produced over 260 books (mainly novels, plays and essays). His writing is considered original in that it combines the dramatic and sentimental spirit of Romanticism with a highly personal combination of sarcasm, bitterness and dark humour. He is also celebrated for his peculiar wit and anecdotal character, as well as for his turbulent (and ultimately tragical) life.
His writing, which is centred in the local and the picturesque and is in a general sense affiliated with the Romantic tradition, is often regarded in contrast to that of Eça de Queiroz – a cosmopolitan dandy and a fervorous proponent of Realism, who was Camilo's literary contemporary in spite of being 20 years younger. In this tension between Camilo and Eça – often dubbed by critics the literary guerrilla – many have interpreted a synthesis of the two great tendencies present in the Portuguese literature of the 19th century.
Allegations that he was initiated in Freemasonry in 1846, are somewhat contradictory as there are indications that, around the same time, during the Revolution of Maria da Fonte, he fought in favor of the Miguelists as "helper to the orders of the Scottish General Reinaldo MacDonell", who was active in the revived Order of Saint Michael of the Wing precisely to combat Masonry. Similarly, much of his literature demonstrates his ideals of legitimism and as a conservative and Catholic traditionalist.
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His writing, which is centred in the local and the picturesque and is in a general sense affiliated with the Romantic tradition, is often regarded in contrast to that of Eça de Queiroz – a cosmopolitan dandy and a fervorous proponent of Realism, who was Camilo's literary contemporary in spite of being 20 years younger. In this tension between Camilo and Eça – often dubbed by critics the literary guerrilla – many have interpreted a synthesis of the two great tendencies present in the Portuguese literature of the 19th century.
Allegations that he was initiated in Freemasonry in 1846, are somewhat contradictory as there are indications that, around the same time, during the Revolution of Maria da Fonte, he fought in favor of the Miguelists as "helper to the orders of the Scottish General Reinaldo MacDonell", who was active in the revived Order of Saint Michael of the Wing precisely to combat Masonry. Similarly, much of his literature demonstrates his ideals of legitimism and as a conservative and Catholic traditionalist.
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