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Teatro de Vila Real
( 259 320 000; www.teatrodevilareal.com ; Alameda de Grasse) This slick, modern building, in a park-
like area across the Corgo from the city centre, stages high-quality dance and theatre per-
formances, as well as classical, jazz and world music. It also screens biweekly films and
serves as a venue for the Douro Jazz Festival ( www.dourojazz.com ) during wine harvest season. At
the back, the theatre's bright cafe overlooking the Corgo is popular with Vila Real's beau
monde.

ARTS CENTRE

Information

Hospital de São Pedro ( 259 300 503; Av da Noruega, Lordelo)

Parque Natural do Alvão Office ( 259 302 830; [e-mail]; Rua dos Freitas; 9am-12.30pm & 2-5.30pm

Mon-Fri)

Police Station ( 259 330 240; Largo Conde de Amarante)

Post Office (Av Carvalho Araújo; 8.30am-6pm Mon-Fri)

Regional Turismo ( 259 322 819; www.douro-turismo.pt ; Av Carvalho Araújo 94; 9am-12.30pm &

2-5.30pm) Located in a Manueline house in the town centre.

Getting There & Around

BUS
Several companies serve Vila Real. Rodonorte ( 259 340 710; www.rodonorte.pt ) buses leave
from a station on Rua Dom Pedro de Castro, 300m northwest of the turismo . AV Tâmega (
259 322 928; www.avtamega.pt ) and Rede Expressos ( 962 060 655; www.redeexpressos.pt ) both oper-
ate from a lot slightly west of the Rodonorte station, at the corner of Rua Dr António
Valente Fonseca and Av Cidade de Ourense. Destinations served by these companies in-
clude Bragança (€10.80, two hours), Chaves (€8, 70 minutes), Lamego (€6, 45 minutes),
Lisbon (€20.50, five to 5½ hours), Miranda do Douro (€12.70, three to 3½ hours) and
Porto (€9, 1½ hours).

CAR & MOTORCYCLE
There is pay parking downtown along Av Carvalho Araújo and in the parking garage be-
low the câmara municipal (town hall).