Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Face Loungebar
(
BAR
8pm-4am)
Miranda's neon-lit, old-school disco serves up
965 447 802; Largo do Castelo;
pop and dance standards.
Information
273 430 040; Rua Dom Dinis)
Health centre with 24-hour emergency service.
Centro de Saúde
(
10am-12.30pm & 2-6pm Mon-Sat)
Free internet in the
Espaço Internet
(Rua Mousinho de Albuquerque;
Casa da Cultura Mirandesa.
Parque Natural do Douro Internacional Office
( 273 431 457; Largo do Castelo; 9.30am-12.30pm &
2-5.30pm Mon-Fri)
Around the block from the cathedral and across from a baroque church that
has been converted into a public library.
Police
(
273 430 010; Largo de São José)
Post Office
(Rua do Paço;
9am-12.30pm & 2-5.30pm Mon-Fri)
Turismo
(
273 430 025;
www.rt-nordeste.pt
; Largo do Menino Jesus da Cartolinha;
9am-12.30pm & 2-5.30pm
Mon-Sat)
Getting There & Around
BUS
Rodonorte
( 273 432 667;
www.rodonorte.pt
)
offers service daily except Saturday to Mogadouro
(€6.20, 45 minutes), with onward connections to Vila Nova de Foz Côa (€7.40, 2½ hours),
Vila Real (€12.70, three to four hours) and Porto (€14.90, 4½ to six hours).
CAR & MOTORCYCLE
The quickest road from Bragança to Miranda do Douro is the N218 and N218-2, a wind-
ing 80km trip. The slower but lovelier 80km route (N216/N221) from Macedo de Ca-
valeiros via Mogadouro crosses a
planalto
(high plateau) dotted with olive, almond and
chestnut groves and includes a dramatic switchbacking descent into the Rio Sabor valley.
Miranda has plenty of free parking around Largo do Menino Jesus da Cartolina.
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