São Gião and Sandomil, Portugal - 4k

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São Gião
Localization: 79 km from Coimbra, 9 km from Oliveira do Hospital, 9 km from Ponte das Três Entradas.
The village of São Gião, taking advantage of the abundant natural resources of this mountainous area, is abundant in woods and pine forests and in water resources (which led to the construction of numerous fountains, and the prospecting of rivers and streams), having a campsite and beaches rivers (Rio Alva), with hotel, apartments, camping, restaurant, among others and there are housing for rural tourism in the parish.
The river beach of S. Gião, located in the tourist complex of the Albino Mendes da Silva Foundation, (beneficial that bought the 10 hectares of this forest area next to the Alva river), has an extensive bathing area surrounded by oaks, cedars, pine trees, poplars, willows and plane trees, a campsite, picnic area, accommodation in villas, rooms in the Choupal residential, restaurant, children's playground and footpaths along the river and up to the bridge that crosses the river upstream.
The age of its implementation (founded in 1970), makes this complex and this beach, which takes advantage of the farm's old facilities (traditional watermill, farmhouse and fabric factory), one of the best known in the region.

Sandomil
Localization: 81 km from Coimbra, 11 km from Oliveira do Hospital, 11 km from Ponte das Três Entradas, 3 km from São Gião.
Sandomil is a beautiful village belonging to the municipality of Seia, in the Center region of the country, in the immense Serra da Estrela, bathed by the crystal-clear River Alva, which gives the village a unique beauty. The rural landscape of Sandomil is the biggest Heritage of the village, with water mills on the riverbank and the fantastic river beach with sparkling waters.
The Legend of Sandomil:
At the time of the Roman invasions, the invading troops were successively defeated by the bravery of the Herminios, commanded by Viriato, in the foothills of Serra da Estrela.
In one of the attempts to conquer the riverside lands on the banks of the Alva, as they approached Sandomil, they did not count on the bravery of its inhabitants, who gave them a tremendous defeat.
In retreat, the Romans debated whether or not they should return to the charge, telling each other that it would not be worth it, for against such defenders, "nem sendo mil”, not even a thousand, ("Sandomil") would defeat them.