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  • Written by micas_pt on Oct 12, 2004
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    • Amarante - Historic centre
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    While wandering around Amarante’s historic centre we came across some traditional shops that are harder to find these days in bigger cities. They are a kind of old fashioned supermarket that sells every kind of product, even birds!!

    On one of these shops (shown on the photo, just after you leave the Monastery square behind) fruit is very tasty and you may buy delicious seasonal products, as is the case of chestnuts in October. Also, it is worth buying here nuts and dried figs.



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    In Amarante there are several typical sweets, all made with eggs and sugar. Their names vary – lérias, papos de freira, and much more – but basically they all consist, as I mentioned, of a base made with eggs and sugar.

    I bought some of these tasty sweets at the café shown on the photo (by the Roman Bridge). Their pastry is very good and cheap. They have about 5 or 6 varieties of the mentioned typical sweets and also a kind of cake (which I didn’t taste). I bought a box with assorted egg sweets which didn’t last long, … :-)



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    global84 Mon Aug 7, 2006 23:40 UTC
     Great pictures of a great town, Amarante! Thanks for sharing your wonderful pictures!    		JLBG Sun Oct 2, 2005 16:32 UTC
     I have been in Portugal only once but did not visit the north. Now that I have seen your page, I know that next time, I must go to visit Amarante. It looks very nice ! Thank you for sharing !
    diocletianvs Sat Oct 1, 2005 14:28 UTC
     Great descriptions and fantastic photography. (I love the one with the blue boat hidden in one of the travelogues). You promote your beautiful country very well.    		tiger9090a Mon Apr 25, 2005 17:22 UTC
     Gosto muito a sua pagina! Looks like a place I'd love to visit one day. Greetings from Germany.
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