IPVC is located in one of Portugal’s most beautiful regions: Alto Minho. With its beaches, the sea, rivers, mountains, and fertile plains, with its historical and neat cities, unique landscapes and gastronomy, it is an excellent place to live and study safely.

Come and get to know a little more of this region!

Shopping Estação Viana

Theater – Diogo Bernardes in Ponte de Lima

Cine-theatre – Vila Praia de Ancora

Cine-theatre – Vila Praia de Cerveira

Cine-theatre – João Verde in Monção

Museu do Alvarinho
Casa Museu de Monção (House Museum)
Aqua Museu do Rio Minho (Aquamuseum/Aquarium)
Melgaço Film Museum
Museu Municipal de Caminha (Caminha Municipal Museum)
Núcleo Museológico de Valença (Municipal Museum Center of Valença)
Museu do Bombeiro Manuel Valdés Sobral (Firefighter Museum)
Museu de Artes Decorativas de Viana do
Castelo (Museum of Decorative Arts)
Museu do Traje de Viana do Castelo (Costume Museum)
Gil Eannes

IPVC Sports Center

Gastronomy

Bolas de Berlim at Confeitaria Natário (custard doughnut)
Arroz de Sarrabulho of Ponte de Lima (meat and rice stew)
Charutos de Ovo of Arcos de Valdevez (wafer rolls filled with sweetened egg yolk)
Arroz Doce of Perre (rice pudding)
Cordeiro à Moda de Monção (Monção-style Lamb)
Bacalhau at Casa Álvaro – Valença (codfish)
Cabrito assado no forno – Melgaço (oven-roasted goat kid)

Wines
Alvarinho and Loureiro