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The town’s strategic role as a border-crossing is reflected in its name (Chaves means “Keys”) and by its two 17th-century fortresses (the Forte de São Francisco has been converted into a superior hotel).
Each region has its own distinctive style, ranging from the intricately painted faience animals of Coimbra to the ubiquitous roosters of Barcelos and the black pottery of Chaves.
The route from Chaves to Bragança is particularly attractive: the road winds over mountain passes, through pine forests, and past the spines of bare, rocky hillsides.
Chaves, a mere 12 km (7 miles) from Spain, is a quiet place — at least now that it isn’t suffering repeated attacks from the invading Spanish.
Chaves was an important Roman spa town, known as Aquae Flaviae, and its hot springs (good for rheumatism and gout) remain open in summer.