Every year people from all over the world visit the home of Portuguese linen for Guimaraes and its Home Fashion Week. We are excited to be going there this week to see some of the best linen in the world – including those of our partners BOVI and SOREMA.
Little known – but Guimaraes is also where Portugal was born.
(Cidade Berço in Portuguese) because it is widely believed that Portugal’s first King, Afonso Henriques, was born there, and also due to the fact that the Battle of São Mamede – which is considered the seminal event for the foundation of the Kingdom of Portugal – was fought in the vicinity of the city