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Porto e Norte
Vila Nova de Foz Côa

In the middle of a territory classified with two world patrimonies - Prehistoric Rock Art and Alto Douro Wine Region - where for thousands of years man has made history, you will find one of the most advanced high performance centres in the world. Here there is passion for sports. A passion for innovation, where you work on your skills, carving talents and creating winners. In Pocinho High-Performance Centre, in Vila Nova de Foz Côa, prestigious award-winning and innovative sports equipment is combined with the unique Douro River conditions to practice water sports, in a water surface considered one of the best in the world.

With facilities and services specifically designed for high competition, talent is enhanced, focusing on excellence and victory. It offers perfect conditions for the development of detailed training programs, with facilities and equipment specially designed to create champions. With a unique World Heritage landscape, this is the perfect place to build a winning team, in a project for everyone, accessible and with guaranteed mobility. Here you can rest and relax, and find total motivation for future battles, that are prepared with effort and success. At Pocinho High-Performance Centre champions are produced with a single goal... winning! In addition to the training and sports aspect, this centre is prepared with all the necessary conditions to receive various events at national or international level, with accommodation, social and training areas.

 

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Accessibility for all Concept Building: all areas accessible to people with reduced mobility

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The social area is accessed from a square, and its reception is prepared to welcome groups of more than 60 people. It also offers an auditorium with interpreter / translation rooms for reception of any multi-lingual event, a multi-purpose room, a study room with a support library, Internet and newspaper room, common living room with differentiated game and seating areas, dining room for about 70 users, a bar and outdoor terrace, as well as support facilities such as kitchen, general laundry, sanitary facilities, showers for employees, and technical basement for warehouse and waste collection. Accommodation has 85 rooms, social areas, and technical support areas, considering a maximum capacity of 180 people, with 42 triple rooms and the others double.

The training area consists of a gymnasium for the physical condition development, with about 500sqm with state-of-the-art equipment, administrative support rooms for training, coaches' meeting room, multimedia room, two multipurpose rooms and two specific rooms for the technical team; a Medical Area, with offices for physicians, nurses, physiotherapists and other health technicians, complementary means of diagnosis and physical conditioning; a Relax Area with an indoor pool with 25m x 5.65m (depths ranging from 1.20m to 1.70m), a whirlpool, a Jacuzzi, a sauna and a Turkish bath with technical facilities and locker rooms. The building has a hangar for boats and nautical paraphernalia. This complex is about 500 metres from the river bank. The recently refurbished dock has the necessary infrastructure to water sports practice, as well as a platform to access the water surface, considered one of the best in the world.

The building is fully prepareced and accessible to host Paralympic athletes, including in the relax zone.

Alto Douro Wine Region, a peaceful world heritage site with plenty of sunny days, low rainfall, a valley with little wind at its 28km water surface, created by the reservoir of the Pocinho dam, with less river traffic than downstream Douro, and relatively mild temperatures in winter compared to other locations in the Eastern or Nordic countries.

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Awards: 2017 Douro Architecture Award Winner, 2016 Portuguese Real Estate Prize Winner, Ecola 2015 Winner, Mies Van Der Rohe 40 Shortlisted 2015, Construir 2015 and German Design Award 2016 Nominations

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Portuguese; English; French;
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Porto e Norte
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IP2 / Nº 102 - Pocinho, 5150-502 Vila Nova de Foz Côa

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