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A new Fam Trip carried out by CIM Alto Minho promotes the Limia-Lima River Destination as a tourist destination of excellence.
In the framework of the project “Fronteira Esquecida Limia-Lima”, financed by the INTERREG Spain-Portugal programme, an initiative was carried out to promote tourism in the region. The Fam Trip, which took place on 22 March 2023 in Viana do Castelo,...
Leer másThe Provincial Council of Ourense boosts tourism in the Limia region with the launch of a tourist web app
The Diputación de Ourense has promoted the launch of a Progressive Web App (PWA) that will allow customers to find out about tourist packages in the Limia region easily and quickly. The application, available for both mobile devices and computers,...
Leer másClosing day of the project Fronteira Esquecida – Seminar “O rio Lima e os desafios do desenvolvimento e atração turística”
This coming 30th of November will take place the closing day of the project Fronteira Esquecida Limia-Lima in the Municipal Auditorium of Ponte da Barca, entitled “O rio Lima e os desafios do desenvolvimento e atração turística“. This event, organised...
Leer másDestino Rio Limia-Lima River to be promoted at Intur 2022
The Limia-Lima River Destination has been promoted at Intur 2022, the International Fair of Inland Tourism held between 18 and 20 November in Valladolid. The Limia-Lima River Destination is being promoted in the territory of the Fronteira Esquecida project, a...
Leer másPromotion of Destino Rio Limia-Lima in Xantar 2022
The Destino Rio Limia-Lima was present at the INORDE stand and at the stand of the GeoDestino Terra de Celanova – Serra do Xurés, which includes some of the municipalities of the Galician territory of the Fronteira Esquecida project. Xantar...
Leer másRestoration work on the Soutelo Bridge progresses
The Hydrographic Confederation of the Miño-Sil advances in the restoration works of Ponte Soutelo, a centenary infrastructure erected over the Limia River between the municipalities of Bande and Muíños and that constitutes one of the main actions carried out in...
Leer másCelebration of the event “Lima-Limia Gastronomy” at Viana do Castelo
On 21 October 2022, the second of the gastronomic events framed in the Fronteira Esquecida project was held at the Forte de Santiago da Barra, in the municipality of Viana do Castelo. This event, called “Gastronomia Lima-Limia“, was structured as...
Leer másThe physical promotion of the Limia-Lima River Destination begins with the participation in a tourism seminar (workshop) in the city of Fundão (Castelo Branco-Portugal).
On 14 October 2022, the company awarded the service of the Diputación de Ourense related to the creation of tourist packages/products and their physical promotion, InterRías, attended a tourism seminar (workshop) held in Fundão (Castelo Branco – Portugal). The event,...
Leer másThe CHMS begins restoration of the Soutelo bridge
The infrastructure is built over the Limia River, linking the municipalities of Bande and Muíños in Ourense. The Hydrographic Confederation of the Miño Sil (CHMS) began the restoration of the Soutelo Bridge on 23 August, with a completion period of...
Leer másArcos de Valdevez will have a viewpoint in Cunhas and a floating platform on the Ermelo Ecovia.
The municipality of Arcos de Valdevez has carried out several improvements in different tourist spots, contributing to their enhancement, to the qualification of nature tourism and to the increase of the economic activity of the municipality. This action is part...
Leer másThe Provincial Council improves the accessibility of the O Corgo river promenade in Muíños
The Diputación de Ourense has just improved the accessibility of the river promenade of O Corgo, in Muíños, within a project through which the conservation of the existing pavement in this area of the tourist-sports complex was reinforced. The work...
Leer másThe House of Culture and Youth of the City Council of Xinzo de Limia hosts until July 29th the cross-border photographic exhibition on the Limia-Lima river
Three photographers from Ourense and three Portuguese documented the course of the river from its source in Monte Talariño, in Sarreaus, to its mouth in Viana del Castelo The activity is part of the Fronteira Esquecida project, co-financed by the...
Leer másThe Provincial Council organised a “Blog Trip” to promote the Limia-Lima River Destination through social networks
The four participants, from Galicia and Portugal, toured this weekend, the cross-border territory Galicia-North of Portugal to put it in value This activity is part of the Fronteira Esquecida project, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the...
Leer másThe municipality of Ponte de Lima launches ecovia
The municipality of Ponte de Lima has completed the works of improvement and conditioning of the ecovia of the Limia river that links the municipalities of Viana do Castelo, Ponte de Lima and Arcos de Valdevez, on the right bank...
Leer másDiscovering the Limia-Lima River through a cross-border photographic exhibition
From today, the exhibition “Limia-Lima River” can be visited at the Marcos Valcárcel Cultural Centre in Ourense. Three photographers from Ourense and three Portuguese photographers documented the course of the river from its source in Monte Talariño to its mouth...
Leer másThe fishermen of the river Limia will have their first refuge in Bande
The fishermen and walkers of the Limia, in the parish of Nigueiroá de Bande, have a renovated shelter where they can take refuge from the weather conditions. The director general of Natural Heritage, Belén do Campo, accompanied by the mayoress...
Leer másGastrolimia stresses the importance of cross-border cooperative work to enhance the resources and traditions of the territory.
The spa of Lobios hosted the cross-border meeting Gastrolimia framed within the project Fronteira Esquecida making visible the cultural and gastronomic traditions around the river Limia-Lima betting on the intensification of synergies between producers and hoteliers of the Baixa Limia...
Leer másThe CIM Alto Minho promotes the Limia-Lima river destination at the Nauticampo trade fair in Lisbon
The Intermunicipal Community of Alto Minho (CIM Alto Minho) participates in NAUTICAMPO – International Exhibition of Recreational Boating, Sports, Adventure, Caravaning and Swimming Pools, which takes place from 16 to 20 February at the International Fair of Lisbon (FIL) –...
Leer másThe CHMS will invest €192,000 in hydrological-forestry restoration work in the Limia river area
The Miño-Sil Hydrographic Confederation (CHMS), an autonomous body under the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, has awarded the hydrological-forestry restoration works in several areas of the Limia River, within the Cross-border Cooperation Project (POCTEP) Fronteira Esquecida, in...
Leer másA journey through the Limia-Lima River Destination by means of twenty short films
The series of audiovisual pills “Discovering a destination: Limia-Lima River”, developed in the project Fronteira Esquecida, a project co-financed at 75% by the European General Development Fund through the INTERREG V A Spain-Portugal Programme (POCTEP) 2014-2020, bring us closer to...
Leer másDiscover the Photographic Itinerary that enhances the natural and cultural resources of the Limia-Lima River Destination.
Visitors will be able to take photographs at sixteen points in the province of Ourense with a high landscape interest, with the common link of the Limia River. As part of the activities of the Fronteira Esquecida project, 75% co-financed...
Leer másVisitors to the Natural Park Baixa Limia-Serra do Xurés can now access all the information through QR codes placed on stone monoliths
The Dirección Xeral de Patrimonio Natural of the Xunta de Galicia has completed the placement of a series of stone monoliths in prominent places of the Natural Park Baixa Limia-Serra do Xurés, where through QR codes you can access a series of...
Leer másThe tourist complex of O Corgo, in Muíños, hosts the only event of the “Gladiator Race” to be held in Spain in 2021
More than 400 participants from fifteen provinces and the north of Portugal, 80% of them in groups, will cover a 6 kilometre circuit that will test their ability to overcome more than 25 different types of obstacles.
Leer másExplanatory visit to learn about the progress made at Aquis Originis on the 29th
The activity will take place on Friday, October 29th at 5:00 p.m.
Leer másBetween May 6 and 9, Alto Minho hosted digital influencers for an “Adventure Trip”
This event aims to show that more than old stories to tell, the Alto Minho has new stories to unveil. This "Adventure Trip" can be followed on the social networks of the influencers and the CIM Alto Minho.
Leer másSoundings date the castro of Vilar de Barrio to the Iron Age
Archaeologists describe the site as "monumental", as it would cover more than 10 hectares.
Leer másFor water, the Vieiro de Bande fountain
The fountains scattered throughout Galicia are justly famous by locals and visitors alike, but few of them are as popular as the Vieiro fountain in Bande, a must for the natives of Baixa Limia.
Leer másMuíños will turn the O Corgo footbridge into a tourist icon
Vice-presidency and Ourense Provincial Council will pay the 174,000 euros that the reform will cost.
Leer másWhat has the Fronteira Esquecida project achieved so far?
For several months now, we have been carrying out different activities to develop and promote the tourist potential of the natural areas around the cross-border territory of the Limia-Lima River. But what have we achieved so far? Recap with us...
Leer másTriumph of the Xurés Bike Tour Fronteira Esquecida Limia-Lima, which attracts riders from all over the peninsula
The bike race attracted more than 200 riders from all the nearby Spanish and Portuguese regions.
Leer másThe cross-border event “Xurés Bike Tour” will bring together more than 200 athletes and cycling enthusiasts on 18, 19 and 20 June
Framed in the European project Fronteira Esquecida Río Limia-Lima, the race will be divided into three stages with a route of more than 120 kilometres through the municipalities of Muíños, Lobios and the Portuguese town of Montealegre, with the professional...
Leer másBTT XURÉS BIKE TOUR – FRONTEIRA ESQUECIDA RÍO LIMIA-LIMA
It is a competitive cross-border event that will take place on 18, 19 and 20 June in the Gerês - Xurés Cross-border Biosphere Reserve.
Leer másCompletion of the improvements to the Limia river ecovia is scheduled for this year
The Municipality of Ponte de Lima started, at the end of last year, the action related to the conservation of the ecovia platforms in the previously selected extensions.
Leer másThe Diputación de Ourense collaborates with a documentary on the tradition of Raia’s villages
The documentary addresses the linguistic, cultural, social and historical links between the territories and people on both sides of the border between Galicia and Portugal.
Leer másRemains of a fortress found at Alto da Raia
The intervention seeks to validate the hypothesis that it is a Roman military camp.
Leer másMuíños shows off its heritage in the “andaina” of Xurés
The council organises the twenty-first edition of the route that will bring together a maximum of 100 participants on Sunday 6 June.
Leer másThe Xunta earmarks 424,000 euros for the refurbishment of the Santa Comba de Bande rectory
The first vice-president of the Xunta, Alfonso Rueda, and the Regional Minister of Culture, Education and University, Román Rodríguez, today visited the building where the refurbishment work will be carried out to enhance the value of the surroundings of the...
Leer másLaunch of the Xurés Bike Tour Fronteira Esquecida Limia/Lima (INTERREG V A Spain Portugal Programme 2014-2020).
Registrations have just started for the cross-border MTB Xurés Bike Tour Fronteira Esquecida Limia/Lima, which will take place on 18, 19 and 20 June and will be located in the Gerês-Xurés Cross-border Biosphere Reserve (RBTGX).
Leer másA digital catalogue will bring together the monuments of the Limia river
The Provincial Council of Ourense will sign in the coming days the service contract for the identification and digital cataloguing of the cultural and heritage history in the Limia-Lima river basin.
Leer másAQUIS 3D project press release
The Deputation of Ourense shows through a virtual reconstruction the Roman camp of Aquis Querquennis
Leer másWhat is to come in the Fronteira Esquecida project?
Planned actions include a resource inventory, reclamation work and a mountain bike race.
Leer másInventory and subsequent publication on the odonate populations inhabiting the wetlands of the Limia river basin
It aims to improve knowledge about the distribution and status of populations of odonates, a group of insects that includes dragonflies, in the fluvial area of the Limia river.
Leer másSupply contract for the enhancement and promotion of the geological heritage of the Gêres – Xurés transboundary biosphere reserve
Its objective is the enhancement of the 21 most outstanding points of the geological heritage of the Galician part of the Gerês - Xurés transboundary biosphere reserve.
Leer másWide distribution of the pyrenean desman in the Limia river basin
In the library section (https://fronteiraesquecida.eu/biblioteca-3/) is available the "Study and proposals for the improvement of native populations of salmonids and cyprinids in the Limia river basin".
Leer másBiodiversity in the Limia River basin
In the library section (https://fronteiraesquecida.eu/biblioteca-3/) is available the "Study and proposals for the improvement of native populations of salmonids and cyprinids in the Limia river basin".
Leer másFronteira Esquecida Limia-Lima is a project aimed at enhancing the natural and cultural resources of the Limia-Lima river and its surroundings
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Project co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Interreg V-A Spain-Portugal Programme (POCTEP) 2014-2020. www.poctep.eu