Host Towns

Always keeping in mind crossing Portugal from north to south, Transportugal travels the country for a total of 8 days.

Each host town that welcomes the arrival of a stage and the start of the next day has its own personality and centuries-old history.

  • Braga -is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality had a resident population of 193,333 inhabitants (in 2021), representing the seventh largest municipality in Portugal by population. Its area is 183.40 km2. Its agglomerated urban area extends to the Cávado River and is the third most populated urban area in Portugal, behind Lisbon and Porto Metropolitan Areas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braga
  • Armamar – is a municipality in Viseu District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 6,297, in an area of 117.24 km2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armamar
  • Manteigas – is a town and a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,430,[1] in an area of 121.98 square kilometres (47.10 sq mi). The municipality is located in Guarda District; in Centro Region and Beira Interior Norte Subregion. It is located in the Serra da Estrela Mountains, the highest elevation in mainland Portugal. Cities nearby: Guarda, Seia, Gouveia and Covilhã. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manteigas
  • Miranda do Corvo – is a town and a municipality in the Portuguese district of Coimbra, with an area of 126.38 square kms (48.80 sq mi) and 2011 population of 13,098 inhabitants. The municipality is limited in the northeast by Vila Nova de Poiares, east by Lousã, southeast by Figueiró dos Vinhos, southwest by Penela, west by Condeixa-a-Nova and northwest by Coimbra. The region is crossed by the Rio Ceira, Rio Dueça (also known as the Corvo River) and Rio Alheda. Miranda do Corvo is approximately 30 minutes (by bus) from the city centre of Coimbra. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_do_Corvo
  • Alter do Chão – is a municipality in the District of Portalegre in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,562, in an area of 362.07 km2. The municipality is famous for its horsebreeding and high school of horseriding. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alter_do_Chão
  • Albernoa – is a civil parish in the municipality of Beja, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Albernoa and Trindade. The population in 2011 was 1,032, in an area of 209.39 km2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albernoa_e_Trindade
  • Tavira – is a Portuguese town and municipality, capital of the Costa do Acantilado, situated in the east of the Algarve on the south coast of Portugal. It is 28 kilometres (17 miles) east of Faro and 75 kilometres (47 miles) west of Huelva across the river Guadiana into Spain. The Gilão River meets the Atlantic Ocean in Tavira. The population in 2011 was 26,167, in an area of 606.97 km2. Tavira is the Portuguese representative community for the inscription of the Mediterranean Diet as a Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavira