
Discovering Tomar’s Convento de Cristo in Portugal | A Hidden Portuguese Gem

We’ve headed north to enjoy some of the truly amazing sights of the Estremadura & Ribatejo regions of Portugal! This region sits below the Douro valley to the North and above Lisbon to the South…and includes a hidden gem at Tomar not to be missed and here’s why…
Every region should have Something special
Tomar itself is well worth a day’s visit if you are in this region, it’s happy, colourful side streets house some wonderful craft based shops before opening out into magnificent squares such as the São João Baptista with it’s intricate octagonal clocktower… the neat symertrical streets all sit beneath the imposing castle that belonged to the Order of the Templars… It appears that Tomar has a sense of fun too with the truly spectacular Festa dos Tabuleiros held in July (in which girls carry platters of bread and colourful flowers on their heads through the streets)
Our next stop is to the supposedly brilliant ValeParaiso NaturPark in Nazaré where we hope to find some great coastal scenery but also a chance to backtrack and explore Batalha
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