Few people know, but Lebução was once the seat of a municipality. When the Castle of Monforte de Rio Livre, the fortress that defended these lands against Castile for centuries, became depopulated at the beginning of the 19th century, the administration was transferred to Lebução. In 1836, the town formally became the capital of the municipality of Monforte de Rio Livre — and remained so until 1853, when the municipality was dissolved and the territory integrated into Valpaço

The Montesinho Natural Park will receive €6.1 million for 13 sustainable tourism projects, hiking trails, wildlife conservation, and interpretive centers. Find out what will change and why it's worth planning your visit now.

You are not in Italy. You are not in Greece. You are in Trás-os-Montes. And what you have in front of you is literally the Mediterranean diet — not the magazine cover version, not the fourteen-day meal plan, not the nutrition chart. The real version. The one that has always existed in this territory, before any name, before any certificate.