Those who arrive to Avis are amazed by the importance of a village where its whiteness stands out from the green of the involving landscape and where the lagoon and streams have a special splendour, stretching to the village’s feet.

Erected in a granite hill with 660 feet altitude, Avis offers unforgettable landscapes to its visitors. From the top of the still existing Castle towers or from the balcony of Jardim do Mestre it is possible to observe the vast fields that surround Avis, as far as the distant horizon.

In Avis, past, present and future are linked in a continuous game not confronting but coming together to create a unique richness.

The past left its signs in monuments, stories and traditions which are still kept alive thanks to the work of historians, popular wisdom and people's memories. Using their art and talent they recreate past in handicraft, born from their devotion, and also in gastronomy, showing local habits and its richness.

The present, built step by step in frequent fluid movements between past and future, is marked by the will to make more and better, to guarantee quality of life to those who live here and to those you come here.  Far from being the black picture people usually paint, Avis is not only a peaceful place but also a colourful and busy place, because of all the cultural and leisure activities that happen throughout the year.

Its cultural richness goes beyond its historic and megalithic heritage. Festivities, fairs and festivals, exhibitions and gastronomic events, folklore, music, theatre, cinema, photography, handicraft, painting can only be understood as a synonym of the enthusiasm that lasts all year and widens to all community.

The natural characteristics of Avis make of this municipality the ideal stage to many sports, leisure and open air activities, from simple pedestrian walks, BTT (bycicle), quad (motorbike) to eco-tourism or riding horses. Maranhão lagoon and the Water Club give you the perfect conditions to practise many water sports like swimming, sport fishing, canoeing, boating, water skiing, sailing, windsurfing and kitesurfing.

Avis has its eyes on the future, that means the young people to whom and with whom several activities are developed. More and more new technologies are a priority investment area namely through school computerization and cyber-space creation, a public space with access to new technologies.

Avis, the Terras do Mestre are waiting for you!

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