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Dom Luis I Bridge
A striking double-deck iron bridge designed by a student of Gustave Eiffel, spanning the Douro gorge between Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia.
18 km · about 20 min drive
Aveiro, Portugal · Europe
Lourosa works well as a base: 5 minutes from Rio Meão, 23km from Circuito da Boavista.
Lourosa is a town located in Aveiro, Portugal. With a population of 9,619, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Lourosa sits in Portugal, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Lisbon time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Lourosa to your route.
Lourosa (Portuguese pronunciation: [loˈɾɔzɐ]) is a Portuguese civil parish (Pt.freguesia) and a city (Pt.cidade), located in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira. The population in 2011 was 8,636, in an area of 5.77 km2. Lourosa obtained city status in 2001.
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the cork industry. Large industries improving the raw material cork saw its cooking to extract tannins and increase elasticity with the flattening of planks extracted from cork oaks and then the ancient art of squaring for garlopa and making cork stoppers. Nowadays, the production of cork stoppers is carried out using drills, first manual and now automatic, in succession to garlopas.
Edmundo Alves Ferreira and José Lima were major industrialists based in Lourosa, with their units employing hundreds of cork workers.
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Lourosa is located in Aveiro, Portugal, Europe. The coordinates are 40.9842 latitude, -8.5514 longitude.
Lourosa has a population of approximately 9,619 people, making it a town in Portugal.
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A striking double-deck iron bridge designed by a student of Gustave Eiffel, spanning the Douro gorge between Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia.
18 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
UNESCO-listed medieval riverside quarter in Porto with colourful facades, port wine cellars, and the iconic Dom Luís I Bridge.
18 km · about 20 min drive
bridge
A double-deck wrought-iron arch bridge over the Douro completed in 1886, linking Porto with Vila Nova de Gaia.
18 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
A breathtakingly ornate neo-Gothic bookshop in Porto with a famous crimson staircase, often called the world's most beautiful bookstore.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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Porto's iconic Baroque bell tower offering panoramic views over the city's terracotta rooftops and the Douro River.
19 km · about 20 min drive
cafe
Porto's Belle Époque showpiece on Rua de Santa Catarina, open since 1921: carved wood, leather benches, chandeliers and mirrored walls attended by white-jacketed waiters. Regularly listed among the most beautiful cafés in the world.
19 km · about 20 min drive
famous road
A genuine city street circuit in Porto that ran Formula One in 1958 and 1960 and was revived for historic racing. Off-race weekends you simply drive or walk the seafront and boulevard sections as ordinary city streets.
23 km · about 25 min drive
bridge
One of the world's longest pedestrian suspension bridges, 516 metres of open mesh deck swaying 175 metres above the Paiva gorge: linked to 8 km of riverside boardwalks through the Arouca Geopark. Book a timed slot; not for vertigo sufferers.
32 km · about 35 min drive
April to October
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