Portugal
participants
Show international students a bit more of our Portuguese culture, history and traditions;
Promote national visits to other Portuguese cities such as Guimarães;
Promote intercultural dialogue.
On this day trip, we took our international students to Guimarães, where the history of Portugal's independence started. Known as the cradle of Portugal, Guimarães was our first capital, and the place from where D. Afonso Henriques, our first king, began his fight for our independence from Spain and later, the Reconquista, fighting the Moors and expanding the country to the south. Classified as World Heritage by UNESCO since 2001, the historical center is a mandatory visit for anyone who wants to know Portugal and the international students had the opportunity to do so, and also to visit two very important monuments: the castle - Castelo de Guimarães; the museum - Museu Alberto Sampaio; and the palace - Paço dos Duques. To finish the trip we took the students to watch the sunset in a beautiful place called Serra da Penha coupled with some nice snacks.
