For those looking for a more relaxed, stress-free holiday, why not try an alternative to avoid the crowds? Explore some of Europe’s best-kept secrets on your next break.

Renting a car to travel is no longer a problem. Nowadays it is very common and easy especially with the wide offer that exists.

The Gondramaz Village, located in the municipality of Miranda do Corvo, is a land of artisans whose hands create charismatic figures marked by the mountains and which carry the name of the master and the village beyond borders.

Castelo Novo is located in the middle of Serra da Gardunha in a hillside that looks more like a natural amphitheater, in shades of green from the vegetation and grey from the houses and castle.

The silence, the green landscape and the environment of the mountain village characterize Trebilhadouro and continue to be part of this small village now converted into a place of Rural Tourism.

The Panoramic of Detrelo da Malhada is a viewpoint to lose sight in the town of Moldes, in the middle of Serra da Freita and at 1099 m altitude.

The Buracas do Casmilo, in the middle of the Sicó Mountains, is a geological formation that corresponds to what remains of several rooms of a huge cave inside the hill, resulting from the depletion of the center that left its extreme sides creating a valley.

The village of Foz da Égua is inserted in the parish of Piódão and with it shares the characteristic beauty of the Serra do Açor. In the summer a dam is activated and fills the much desired fluvial beach.

Candal village, located on the EN236 that links Lousã to Trevim and the Castanheira de Pera, makes known their houses in shale, the threshing floor, the fountain and the public wash, all testimonies preserved in time.

Chiqueiro village is the smallest of the five Schist Villages in the municipality of Lousã and is bounded by two small water lines. On the slope, the vegetation around it seems to protect it from the outside world.