Moimenta da Beira - municipality and town of Portugal

Moimenta da Beira is a town of 10,200 people (2010) in Beira Alta region of Portugal.

Understand

Moimenta da Beira (mawy-MEHN-tuh duh BAY-ruh, /mɔj.ˈmẽ.tɐ dɐ ˈbɐj.ɾɐ/) is famous for the production of wine, apple, mainly of the "bravo de esmolfe" species, and also for having been the municipality where Aquilino Ribeiro lived in various stages of his life, more precisely in the small village of Soutosa.

Visitor information

• Loja Interativa de Turismo, Terreiro das Freiras, 40.9813°, -7.6115°, +351 254 520 103, posto-turismo@cm-moimenta.pt. M–F 09:30–17:30, closed Sa Su. 2021-06-26

Get in

Bus service is available from Rede Expressos.

The nearest motorway is A24 (Autoestrada do Interior Norte), which connects to town via the EN226 road.

Get around

See

• Pelourinho de Castelo (Castle Pillory). Believed to date from 1669. 2021-01-12
• Pelourinho do Passô (Pillory of Passô). From the 15th century. 2021-01-12
• Pelourinho de Rua (Street Pillory). 2021-01-12
• Solar do Sarzedo (Solar de São Domingos do Sarzedo). A house built in 1523, and remodelled in 1724. 2021-01-12
• Aquilino Ribeiro Foundation - Museum and Library House, at Rua Juiz Conselheiro Aníbal Aquilino Ribeiro, in Soutosa, 40.8877°, -7.668°. 2021-01-12

Do

Buy

Eat

• Pico do Meio-Dia, Avenida 25 de Abril 95, 40.9849°, -7.618°, +351 254 582 381. M–Sa 08:00–02:00, closed Su. Budget 2021-08-17

Drink

Sleep

• Solar dos Correia Alves, Terreiro das Freiras 27, 40.9815°, -7.6107°, +351 254 588 127. Portuguese category: Turismo de Habitação. 2019-10-30
• Hotel Verdeal, Quinta do Verdeal, 40.966°, -7.5987°, +351 254 584 061, hotelverdeal@gmail.com. 3-star hotel. 2019-10-29

Connect

Go next

• Pinhão (Alijó)
• Peso da Régua