Description Boticas

The municipality of Boticas is located in the northwestern part of Portugal in the district of Vila Real and belongs to the region of Trás-os-Montes.

This county is surrounded by mountains and is crossed by the rivers Tâmega, Beça, Terva and Covas, creating around them a unique landscape.

 Where bucolic landscapes reveal a rural way of life characterized by the strength of ancient uses and customs preserved to this day. This is the case of the "Wine of the Dead", a drink that owes this original designation to a piece of history in 1809, the local population decided to bury their wine so as not to fall into the hands of the French invaders. When Napoleon's army withdrew, they discovered that the wine tasted better, then came to be known as the "Wine of the Dead" and the custom of burying the bottles for a year or two still remains

One of the region's main assets is the Barrosã cattle trade, known nationally and internationally for the quality of its meat.

Another great wealth is the mineral water resort of Carvalhelhos, where the commercialization of claws of water for the whole country and also attracts a large number of tourists to its hot springs.

The gastronomy of Boticas is similar to all the gastronomy of the old lands of the mud, where they stand out the roast kid with roasted potatoes, the Ham, o chouriço caseiro e a posta Barrosã.