This flyer was made by the portuguese students for the first exchange Erasmus + Empower students with entrepreneurial skills, Jan 2016

1. Places we’re going
to visit...
 Águas Serra da
Estrela
 Vale do Rossim
 Hotel Spa Penhas
Douradas
 Museu de Burel–
Manteigas
 U.B.I.– Universidade
da Beira Interior
 Museu dos Lanifícios
– Covilhã
TOUR AROUND
SERRA DA ESTRELA
ERASMUS +
Museu dos lanifícios (the
Wool Museum) located in Covilhã,
in the facilities of the university. It
is also known as MUSLAN, is the
center of the U.B.I..
The goal of this museum is to pre-
serve and recover the dye-house
area of the royal textile factory, a
state manufacture, founded by
Marquês de Pombal in 1764 and
was classified as National Cultural
Heritage. Nowadays it has become
the interpretive centre of the wool
rout which has a great impact in
the city.
When you visit the museum you will
be able to see the collection of
machines, equipment, fittings, tex-
tile products and even some icono-
graphic documents available in per-
manent and temporary exhibitions.
They are “strings from the past
weaving the future” in the middle
of Serra da Estrela.
Museu dos Lanifícios

2. Águas Serra da Estrela
Águas da Serra da Estrela is a
pure and crystal clear spring water captured
in a granite rock by the springs source
in Vidoeira (Cabeça da Velha) within the pro-
tected area of Serra da Estrela Natural Park.
Águas da Serra da Estrela has been gaining
n o t o r i e t y , r e s u l t o f i t s q u a l i t y
and its purity, and is now one of the most
consumed water brands in Portugal,
being recognized as one of the
best bottled waters in the world.
Vale do Rossim
Vale do Rossim, one of the
highest lakes of Portugal, is located
in Penhas Douradas (in the heart of Ser-
ra da Estrela Natural Park) with the largest
glacier valley in Europe. It´s one of the most
important places within the Natural Park at
an altitude of 1437m and its lake water is
used for the production of electricity.
You can do several water sports in the refre-
shing waterways formely covered by glaciers
while enjoying the quietness of nature.
Canoeing, rappelling, slide, fishing, birdwat-
ching are among the leisure activities you can
carry out in the park.
This raw material suffers
several transformations
and specific operations in
the manufacturing pro-
cess until it becomes the final product: the
burel.
Burel is a very resistant and versati-
le cloth that has evolved from being used for
capes and coats to being incorporated in
new ideas and design solutions, accompa-
nied by a vast range of textures, patterns,
and colours.
Burel factory produces blankets and scarves,
reusing and recreating old patterns with
contemporary shapes and colours!
U.B.I.
Universidade da Beira
Interior
U.B.I. (a public university located in Covilhã)
is geared towards the creation and diffusion
of all aspects of technology, knowledge and
culture in close association with its region
and the world, being a landmark at national
and international level of education.
U.B.I is committed to the region, to the deve-
lopment, to get more investment, to ensure
higher qualification of the population, to
attract young people and to give more world
to the region and the country.
This beautiful place has also an eco
resort with a different and original con-
cept where every detail has been carefully
planned so that the costumers can enjoy the
beauty of Serra da Estrela. In the park you
can practice many activities as well as relax
in the river beach.
Hotel Spa
Casa das Penhas Dou-
radas
This four star boutique spa, situated in
Penhas Douradas, is inspired by the local
architecture, being mostly constituted
by natural materials such as cork and wood.
One of the core concerns of the hotel
is the respect towards the environment, as
well as towards the values of the Natural
Park that surrounds it.
This is a place of rest, comfort, contempla-
tion and silence, where we
can appreciate stunning views!
Museu de Burel—Manteigas
The Burel factory is an artisanal portugue-
se fabric, founded in 2010, in
the old Wool Empire in Manteigas and it is
made entirely from manufactured
wool that comes from the mountain regions
of Portugal.