The visitor centre for the Tagus Estuary Natural Reserve is the place to get up to speed on the wildlife of the park. It’s a modern complex raised on wooden piles, and smartly designed to have an observation space with a large window facing the marshes. The centre is in 70 hectares of its own […]
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Portugal’s largest wetland zone, and one of the top ten in Europe, lies within the Vila Franca de Xira municipality. This reserve is more than 14,000 hectares and was created to ensure a haven for the many thousands of birds that either breed here, winter here or stop by on their migration between African and […]
The Vila Franca de Xira Hospital (HVFX) was opened in April 2013. It is a public hospital, integrated into the National Health System and managed through a partnership model between the Portuguese State and José de Mello Saúde. It provides health care to approximately 250 thousand people in the municipalities of Alenquer, Arruda dos Vinhos, […]
Sociedade Central de Cervejas (SCC; full name: SCC – Sociedade Central de Cervejas e Bebidas, S.A.) is a Portuguese brewery, founded in 1934. Its main output is the Sagres brand of beers. The company has been controlled by Heineken since April 2008. Brands SCC produces a range of beers, mainly pale lagers. Sagres brand was born […]
Vila Franca de Xira is a city and municipality in the Lisbon District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 136,886, in an area of 318.19 km². Situated on both banks of the Tagus River, 32 km north-east of the Portuguese capital Lisbon, settlement in the area dates back to neolithic times, as evidenced by findings in the Cave of Pedra Furada. Vila Franca de Xira […]