Guarda is a Portuguese city with a maximum altitude of 1,056 meters, being the highest city in the country and located in the statistical region of the Center and sub-region of Beiras and Serra da Estrela
The city is the seat of the municipality of Guarda with an area of 712.1 km 2 and 42,541 inhabitants (2011 census), subdivided since the administrative reorganization of 2012/2013 into 43 parishes.
The municipality is limited to the northeast by the municipality of Pinhel, to the east by Almeida, to the southeast by Sabugal, to the south by Belmonte and Covilhã, to the west by Manteigas and Gouveia and to the northwest by Celorico da Beira.
The City of Guarda has important road access: the A25 which connects Aveiro to Porto with a direct connection to Madrid, the A23 which connects Guarda to Lisbon and the South of Portugal, the IP2 which connects Guarda to Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, namely Bragança.
The city has the Beira Baixa line and the Beira Alta line completely electrified, allowing the circulation of regional, national and international trains, constituting the main railway axis for the transport of passengers and goods to the center of Europe with connection to Hendaye (France, via Salamanca-Valladolid-Burgos).
A historic city and the highest in Portugal, it was also a pioneer in local radio (Rádio Altitude, the first local radio in Portugal), its origins are linked to the existence of a sanatorium dedicated to curing tuberculosis.
The region is marked by granite, a mountain climate and its pure, cold air, the water lines of the largest river basins that supply the three largest cities in Portugal: the Tagus basin that supplies Lisbon, the Mondego Basin that supplies Coimbra and the Douro basin that supplies Porto.
The main attractions of the City of Guarda are: Natural Park of Serra da Estrela, Sé da Guarda, Museu da Guarda, Castelo da Guarda, Solar do Vinho da Beira Interior (Largo das Freiras, Guarda), Torre dos Ferreiros (R. Camilo Castelo Branco, Guarda), Cabeço das Fráguas (place of Cabeço da Senhora dos Prazeres, parish of Benespera, municipality of Guarda), Historic Center of Guarda (Largo Gen. Humberto Delgado, Guarda), Castro do Tintinolho, Church of São Vicente (R. Francisco de Passos, Guarda), Church of Misericórdia (Largo João de Almeida, Guarda), Chapel of São Pedro (Largo de São Pedro, Guarda), City Park (Guarda), Paços do Concelho (Guarda), Castro do Jarmelo (located on an elevation of the Planalto da Guarda, in the place of the old village of Jarmelo), Ponte de Sequeiros (Sabugal, Guarda), Museu do Sabugal, Castle of Belmonte, Jewish Museum of Belmonte, Centum Cellas (Street of Volunteer Firefighters, Belmonte), Museum of Discoveries or Zêzere Museum (R. Pedro Álvares Cabral, Belmonte), Church of Santiago and Pantheon of Cabrais (Largo do Brasil, Belmonte), Olive Oil Museum (Belmonte), Castle of Vila do Touro (parish of Vila do Touro, municipality of Sabugal, district of Guarda), Termas do Cró, Necrópole das Forcadas (Lugar de Forcadas, parish of Matança, municipality of Fornos de Algodres, District of Guarda).
The municipality is limited to the northeast by the municipality of Pinhel, to the east by Almeida, to the southeast by Sabugal, to the south by Belmonte and Covilhã, to the west by Manteigas and Gouveia and to the northwest by Celorico da Beira.
The City of Guarda has important road access: the A25 which connects Aveiro to Porto with a direct connection to Madrid, the A23 which connects Guarda to Lisbon and the South of Portugal, the IP2 which connects Guarda to Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, namely Bragança.
The city has the Beira Baixa line and the Beira Alta line completely electrified, allowing the circulation of regional, national and international trains, constituting the main railway axis for the transport of passengers and goods to the center of Europe with connection to Hendaye (France, via Salamanca-Valladolid-Burgos).
A historic city and the highest in Portugal, it was also a pioneer in local radio (Rádio Altitude, the first local radio in Portugal), its origins are linked to the existence of a sanatorium dedicated to curing tuberculosis.
The region is marked by granite, a mountain climate and its pure, cold air, the water lines of the largest river basins that supply the three largest cities in Portugal: the Tagus basin that supplies Lisbon, the Mondego Basin that supplies Coimbra and the Douro basin that supplies Porto.
The main attractions of the City of Guarda are: Natural Park of Serra da Estrela, Sé da Guarda, Museu da Guarda, Castelo da Guarda, Solar do Vinho da Beira Interior (Largo das Freiras, Guarda), Torre dos Ferreiros (R. Camilo Castelo Branco, Guarda), Cabeço das Fráguas (place of Cabeço da Senhora dos Prazeres, parish of Benespera, municipality of Guarda), Historic Center of Guarda (Largo Gen. Humberto Delgado, Guarda), Castro do Tintinolho, Church of São Vicente (R. Francisco de Passos, Guarda), Church of Misericórdia (Largo João de Almeida, Guarda), Chapel of São Pedro (Largo de São Pedro, Guarda), City Park (Guarda), Paços do Concelho (Guarda), Castro do Jarmelo (located on an elevation of the Planalto da Guarda, in the place of the old village of Jarmelo), Ponte de Sequeiros (Sabugal, Guarda), Museu do Sabugal, Castle of Belmonte, Jewish Museum of Belmonte, Centum Cellas (Street of Volunteer Firefighters, Belmonte), Museum of Discoveries or Zêzere Museum (R. Pedro Álvares Cabral, Belmonte), Church of Santiago and Pantheon of Cabrais (Largo do Brasil, Belmonte), Olive Oil Museum (Belmonte), Castle of Vila do Touro (parish of Vila do Touro, municipality of Sabugal, district of Guarda), Termas do Cró, Necrópole das Forcadas (Lugar de Forcadas, parish of Matança, municipality of Fornos de Algodres, District of Guarda).
