LOURINHA
🦕 The city of dinosaurs 🦕
Portugal is well-known for its wines, beaches and beautiful people. Most tourists arrive to see Lisbon, Porto or relax on beaches of Algarve. But only few know about a small town that has become known as "land of the dinosaurs".
It is also the latest chapter in the fairytale story of a local boy who made his first big discovery at the age of nine - of a huge tooth from this same dinosaur - and who today leads the research project whose findings have been making headlines worldwide.
The truth is that Lourinha has just two claims to fame. The area is one of only three officially recognised producers of brandy (the others being the more famous Cognac and Armagnac, both in France), and its rocks are, thanks to their geology and accessibility - above all in cliffs along the Atlantic coast - a treasure trove of Jurassic-era fossils.
💎 Discover the gems of Lourinha: 💎
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🏛️ Museum of Lourinha 🏛️
The museum has very complete exhibits of archaeology and ethnology, but the main focus of the museum is the palaeontology hall, which presents casts of famous dinosaurs, as well as fossils recovered from the Late Jurassic Lourinhã Formation.
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🍇 Adega Cooperativa da Lourinha 🍇
Adega Cooperativa da Lourinhã organizes guided tours, the main focus of the visit being the offer of an exclusive wine experience in brandies, from production to tasting.
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🦕 Dino Park Lourinha 🦕
Discover the Dino Parque. This themed park in Portugal about Dinosaurs is located in Lourinhã and awaits your visit. Walk between Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops and discover more about the dinosaurs in this Jurassic Park of Lourinhã.