Caramulo

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Template: Infobox city in Portugal / maintenance / management location is empty Template: Infobox city in Portugal / Maintenance / Web page is blank Caramulo is a Portuguese health resort. The place is part of the municipality in the district guardao Tondela, in the district of Viseu and lies at an altitude of 1300 meters above sea level.

After the 800 meter high site Caramulo the eponymous mountain range, the Serra do Caramulo is named. The hilly area, which is known for healthy air, combined with breathtaking scenery. There are also valuable sources. The company Unicer crowded there, the famous mineral water " Água do Caramulo " from.

The town was founded in 1921 rescheduled as a resort especially for tuberculosis patients and was the first place in Portugal from the main urban centers with electricity, water and sewerage. Since the disappearance of the disease is the place to stay for leisure seekers and friends of vintage automobiles and art is a goal. From one of his once 19 sanatoriums was the multiple award-winning 4star House Hotel do Caramulo. Also worth seeing are the paved Roman roads, the Romanesque church and the pillory. The eight trails attract one million visitors annually.

The " Museu do Caramulo " contains, inter alia, a major European museum of vintage cars (100 cars from Benz Year 1886 to Ferrari 456) and 500 exhibits extensive art collection with works by Picasso, Dali, Léger, Chagall and other great masters. Surrounded by lush greenery and with extensive views located Opened in 1959, the museum, which has counted in its 50 years well over a million visitors.