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[Praskipark, 01/12/2011] The pousada I am about to review is Pousada de Santa Maria do Bouro, situated in a small, unspoilt village bearing the same name. Its location is in the Braga district of the Minho region of Portugal.
The building that now houses the hotel / pousada was once a Cistercian monastery built in the 12th century. Over the years the monastery fell in to disrepair until only the stark, granite shell was left.
Santa Maria do Bouro is a good base to visit the Peneda-Geres National Park - an area of high mountains, green valleys, running streams and vast open lakes.
In 1997 extensive work took place
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