Trás-os-Montes - literally meaning "behind the mountains" - is a province tucked away into Portugal's most inland, northeast corner. Until the country's admission into the European Union in 1992, this glacial tabletop of granite boulders and rural communities was one of the most isolated pockets of the Continent. On a hillock above BRAGANÇA , the small and remote capital, stands a pristine circle of walls, enclosing a medieval village that rises to a ma... [More]