WELCOME TO VINHÓ
Welcome to our little village of Vinhó which is situated in the parish of Vila Cova de Alva, in the municipality of Arganil and district of Coimbra.
Vinhó is a very small beautiful village with only a few habitants. We have a small bar (Casa Regional), a church (Capela de Vinhó) and a cemetery. I hope you enjoy the photos. If you go for a walk you are likely to pass through Vinhó and into one of our neighbouring villages and towns. I took the photos below on a short walk through Vinhó and Casal de São João.



Nearby Places
A few metres down the road we have a very steep hill and after a brisk 10 min walk you reach the top and the delights of a super Cafe/bar (Lena Cafe, Portela da Cerdeira) which sells great coffee, Pastel de natas and beer. It is also a small mini market which sells groceries including magnum ice creams – yippee!
There is also a petrol station before you reach Côja which sells coke, snickers and ice cream. It also sells petrol (just in case you thought we only go there for snacks).
Cafe Lena
Portela da Cerdeira
Côja
Côja is less than a 10 minute drive from our home and here you can find a range of stores and amenities: Bank, cash points, post office, greengrocers, butchers, cafes, hairdressers, hardware store, electrical store, grocery stores e.g. mini mercado, bakery, pharmacy, fortnightly market, doctors, dentist, taxi rank, library, citizen space, betting shop etc.
Arganil
Arganil is a 25 minute drive from our home and here you can find a wider range of stores and amenities: Banks, cash points, post office, greengrocers, butchers, cafes, hairdressers, hardware store, electrical store, grocery stores e.g. mini preco and 2 large supermarkets – Lidl and Intermarche, EDP electric shop, mobile phone shop, bakery, pharmacy, weekly market, doctors, dentist, opticians, library, newsagents, fashion/clothing store for adults and kids, shoe shop, bicycle store, handy craft store, computer store, my favourite shop Rotunda which sales almost everything you could want, garage to fix cars, taxi rank, council town hall, citizen space, finance office, swimming pool, hotel etc.
Arganil Municipal



Currently closed for 10 months – you need to visit The Citizen Space for all enquiries
Spring flowers of Arganil (March 2021)
How beautiful are these Spring flowers in Arganil? They are dotted all down the middle of a road in the town and all around the roundabout too. So very pretty and Arganil always has beautiful floral displays.
6 Comments
Annie Souza
2 years agoYour photos are great and really capture the spirit of some of the towns!
Helen
2 years agoHi Annie,
Thanks, there are so many beautiful towns and villages close to our home in Central Portugal. We live very close to Piódão and I can’t wait to visit in the near future.
lorraine barnes
2 years agoHi Helen
I’m loving your Blog, I said to myself I will just read this section 🤔 but one hour later I’m still on the couch reading 😂😂. I’m putting it down now but will come back later x
Love it xx
Helen
2 years agoHi Lorraine,
I am glad you are enjoying my blog. One day in the near future I hope to write a post titled ‘A day trip to ………..’ I can’t wait to venture out and explore this beautiful country when it is safe to do so.
Thanks,
Helen.
Peter Allen
2 years agoWow, looks lovely, only looked on site using phone so far. But will get on computer when I can. Lots of love.
Peter (Adrians dad) xxx
Helen
2 years agoHi Dad,
It really is a beautiful tranquil little village, very rural but driving distance to so many beautiful places. You will have to visit next year when hopefully Covid-19 imposes less restrictions.
Bye for now,
Adrian & Helen.