Miranda do Douro

Miranda do Douro (Mirandese:Miranda de l Douro) is a town of 7,500 people (2011) in the Trás-os-Montes region and in the Terras de Miranda of northeastern Portugal. Miranda is a small, but an important historic city on the banks of the Douro river.

Understand


Miranda do Douro (mee-RUHN-duh doo DOH-roo, /mi.ˈɾɐ̃.dɐ du ˈdo.ɾu/)

Get in
From Bragança or Mirandela.

The main roads serving Miranda are IC5, EN221, and EN218.

Talk
In the city and surrounding vicinity, most people speak Mirandese, an Asturo-Leonese language and Portuguese. Some residents even speak Castilian due to its proximity to Castile and Leon.

See

 * Douro valley

Do
Festevities/Pauliteiros folk dancers.