Grown on a plateau at the confluence of the rivers Corgo and Cabril, the city of Vila Real is framed in beautiful natural landscape of Corgo scarps, with backdrop of the mountains of Alvão and Marão. Over more than seven centuries of existence, the town contour grow to what its today, a city with beautiful monuments, churches and mansions, with highlight the splendid Solar de Mateus, a masterpiece of Nasoni Baroque architecture with its beautiful romantic gardens. Today, the capital of the Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro region, Vila Real is one of the biggest towns of Douro region, part of UNESCO World Heritage, with its best known product, Port wine.

In the beautiful campus of the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, you will have opportunity to enjoy all that EES2014 has to offer: a quality scientific program and a parallel social program prepared to awaken the five senses: the colors of Autumn in the surrounding botanic garden, the sounds of the northern pronunciation, touch, taste and smell stimulated by renowned food and wines