LOURINHA

🦕 The city of dinosaurs 🦕

Lourinha Dino

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.


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Small, but very cosy and welcoming Lourinha definitely worth visiting!