Serra da Estrela...
Serra de
Estrela is a great place to visit. It’s located mostly in the district of
Guarda and a small part, 15%, in the district of Castelo Branco.
The Park of
Serra de Estrela is the largest protected area of Portugal. It is an important tourism
attraction because of the grandeur of scenery, the existence of snow in winter
time and because it’s the highest point of the Portuguese mainland.
The park
has a temperate climate with cool springs, summers, and autumns. Due to the
cold winters, there are snowfalls which can be intense. We can take advantage
of this characteristic by playing in the snow, making snowmen, and many other
activities, such as skiing.
In this
mountain range, as in many other, we can do various activities related to Nature,
or visit museums (the well-known Bread Museum). . If we follow the tour guides
we can learn a lot about this beautiful mountain range. The flora is fantastic,
we can highlight the variety of wild plants.
But the
mountain also serves as a refuge to numerous animal species, such as the eagle,
the fox, the equail, the mole and the otter. The wolves seem to have
disappeared altogether. The famous Serra da Estrela Dogs, that protected the
herds of sheep and goats, are still around.
The
mountain cheese is the best-known product, although there are other hand made
products, such as the honey, the sausages and the rye bread.
Come to the
Serra the Estrela and try all these sensations and surprises the region has to
offer!
Juliana
11.º B
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