Proença-a-Nova

Proença-a-Nova is a town in Beira Baixa, Portugal.

Understand




Proença-a-Nova (proo-EHN-suh uh NAW-vuh, /pɾu.ˈẽ.sɐ ɐ ˈnɔ.vɐ /) municipality has 8,314 residents (2011). The area of Proença is full of pine trees. In the sizzling inland summers, the green sea of pines hardly stirs, the brilliance is dazzling, the light burns and fixes the contrasts between the white of the houses and the walls, stones, and flowers.

Get in
The nearest motorway is the A23 (Autoestrada da Beira Interior, a/k/a E802). Exit 18 will put you on IC8, offering a direct route into town.

Do
There are several riverbank beaches in the municipality.