Tourism: Road Chaves-Faro (EN2) elected one of the 19 World places to visit in 2019.
A national estrada (IN) 2, 738 kilometers inside the country between Keys and Faro, He was chosen one of 19 places to visit in the world 2019, He announced the North American publisher Frommer's, travel expert.
On its website, under the title “Best places to go 2019“, Frommer's remember the strong growth of tourism in the Portuguese sunny beaches and in the cities of Lisbon and Porto.
The publisher warns that in Portugal “the most sagacious travelers can escape the crowds, exploring the beautiful and sometimes overlooked Interior”, pointing as an example EN2, a “equivalent” Portuguese the US “Route 66”.
According to Froomer's, EN2 offers a “iconic” Road Trip, from the Roman city of Chaves, near the border with Spain to the north, to the balmy beaches of the southern Algarve coast.
The North American publisher explains that EN2, what through 35 counties (Alentejo: Ponte de Sor, Mora, Montemor-o-Novo, Viana do Alentrejo, Alcacer do Sal, Ferreira do Alentejo, Aljustrel, Castro Verde and Almodôvar) along its route, develops through landscapes “rough and little visited”, through sites which are UNESCO World Heritage, “wild mountains, elegant spa towns, pristine lakes and a chain of historic towns and villages photogenic”.
A Frommer’s destaca, in the landscape, the “majestic” Alto Douro Vineyard, wine production site “superlatives”, the “extraordinary” rococo palace Casa de Mateus (Vila Real) and the Alentejo plains “dotted with whitewashed villages, famous for rustic cuisine”.
Not text, Portugal is described as a country “focused on the ocean turned his back to the inside”, but recalls that the tragedy of the forest fires that killed more than a hundred people in 2017 “It led to a wave of interest” for the region, which is crossed by EN2, classified by Frommer's as the “road parent” de Portugal.
The article warns that, although travelers can access the interior of the country by a network of motorways, Estrada Nacional 2 It allows tourists “stay in fabulous accommodation” along path, as the Vidago Palace Hotel (keys), Convento da Serta, XVII century building converted into a boutique hotel or L'and Vineyards, in Montemor-o-Novo.
In a statement sent to Lusa, the Secretariat of State of Tourism notes that the EN2 “It is the only road in Europe with this type” and the Municipal Association of State Highway Route 2 “It has an ongoing tourism development project worth 400 thousand euros, Valuing program approved by, and this year launched the Grand Prix of Portugal – National 2, which has helped to position this route in international terms”.
In the government note, the Tourism Secretary of State, Ana Mendes Godinho, states that in 2 “It is to assert itself as one of the best roads in the world, which shows the authenticity and richness of Portugal from north to south”.
“We have more and more people to fly the route, to open the tourist map of Portugal and discover a thousand and one experiences 700 km of breathtaking scenery, only villages, river beaches irresistible, unforgettable heritage and completely different food along the way. Go through the National Road 2 It is to discover the backbone of Portugal”, stresses the ruler.
