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A very well preserved (too well for my taste) historic village, surely deserves to be visited. But, differently from, for instance Obidos, a well preserved but lively town, Sortelha resembles a dead town. Here and there we see someone using tourism to make business, but all the place seems a standing stone exhibition, that I felt cool and almost counterfeit. It isn't, really, but it misses life, in my opinion.

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Sortelha - Portugal - Sortelha Rural People Local Customs (1)

Opened to tourism, the few people that seems to keep on living in place is aged people, with the sympathy and simplicity... more travel advice

Sortelha - Portugal - Sortelha The town Things to Do (2)

After visiting, one doubt I took from there: Is it almost abandoned as it seems, or the life that still stands, is... more travel advice

Sortelha - Portugal - Sortelha The Castle Things to Do (2)

Too "dead", for my taste (what a contrast with Obidos), the town, stands inside the castle, and this one needs no life... more travel advice

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