Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
9am-noon & 2-6pm Mon-Fri)
Free internet in the heart of town at the
Biblioteca
(Rua da Caínha;
local library.
Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela Office
( 238 310 440; pnse@icnb.pt; Praça da República 30;
9am-12.30pm & 2-5.30pm Mon-Fri)
Tough to spot, this park office is in the centre of town. There's
better information at the park interpretation centre though.
Turismo
(
238 317 762; turismo@cm-seia.pt; Rua Pintor Lucas Marrão;
9am-12.30pm & 2-5.30pm Mon-Sat,
9am-1pm Sun)
Helpful and central.
Getting There & Away
Rede Expressos
( 238 313 102;
www.rede-expressos.pt
)
buses go to Lisbon (€19, four hours),
Coimbra (€10.50, 1½ hours) and Guarda (€10.50, 70 minutes). It also runs two direct
buses weekly to Covilhã (€13.20, 1¾ hours).
232 421 954;
www.marques.pt
)
has buses to Viseu and local villages several times
Marques
(
each weekday.
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Sabugueiro
POP 700 / ELEV 1050M
Attracting tourists from far and wide thanks to its title as Portugal's highest village,
Sabugueiro is more noteworthy as a place to shop for
queijo da serra
(mountain cheese)
and Serra da Estrela dogs than as a destination in itself. You can buy some excellent
cheese here, although it's mostly made with milk from outside the Serra da Estrela due to
diminishing local supply and skyrocketing demand. If you like the centre runny, ask for a
cheese that's
amanteigado
- delicious!
Dog lovers will find it hard to resist stopping to look at the impossibly cute Serra da
Estrela puppies peering wistfully from their roadside cages. Local families also sell deli-
cious smoked ham, rye bread, juniper-berry firewater and cosy fleece slippers for the
chilly mountain nights.
Sabugueiro is a 15-minute drive uphill from Seia. A taxi from Seia costs around €12.
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