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Saturday 19 December 2020

TONDELA (PORTUGAL)


TONDELA

 N 40.512045; W 8.082901

Tondela is a Portuguese city in the district of Viseu, located in the province of Beira Alta, in the Centro region (Beiras Region) and sub-region Viseu Dão-Lafões, with about 4 500 inhabitants. It is the fourth largest city in the district of Viseu, behind Viseu, Lamego, and Mangualde.
It is the seat of a municipality with an area of ​​371.22 km² and 28,946 inhabitants (2011), subdivided into 19 parishes. The municipality is limited to the north by the municipality of Vouzela and the southern portion of Oliveira de Frades, to the northeast by Viseu, to the southeast by Carregal do Sal, to the south by Santa Comba Dão, to the southwest by Mortágua, and the west by Águeda.
The lands of the municipality have a diversity of landscapes in which the charms of Serra do Caramulo, the plateau area of ​​Vale de Besteiros, the immense forest spaces, rivers, and river beaches are combined. They are lands marked by the rigorous climate of Serra do Caramulo, with knowledge and traditions linked to pastoralism and agricultural work, with interesting clusters of granite houses; lands whose past has left a vast set of monuments of unquestionable value; they are also lands where the Dão River flows, areas of fertile green plateaus, fresh air, Sangemil thermal waters, in short, places that offer the visitor as havens of natural beauty.
One of Tondela's most famous local products is white wines, products of excellence from the Dão region.