Guidebook for Alcobaça

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Guidebook for Alcobaça

Food Scene

One the best portuguese pastry shops in conventual sweets based in original recepies from the Cister monks.
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Pastelaria Alcôa
44 Praça 25 de Abril
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One the best portuguese pastry shops in conventual sweets based in original recepies from the Cister monks.
Tradition says that the recipe of the Alfeizerão sponge cake has its origin in the Monastery of Santa Maria de Cós, a female Cistercian convent.
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Alfeizerão
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Tradition says that the recipe of the Alfeizerão sponge cake has its origin in the Monastery of Santa Maria de Cós, a female Cistercian convent.
For a coffee or lunch time snacks (10 eur / person). Well presented and a variable menu. Nice outdoor area on a warm sunny day.
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Estremadura Café
80 Praça 25 de Abril
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For a coffee or lunch time snacks (10 eur / person). Well presented and a variable menu. Nice outdoor area on a warm sunny day.
The morning coffee and toast. Mr. Fernando is a nice guy.
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Cafeteria D. Pedro
57 Praça 25 de Abril
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The morning coffee and toast. Mr. Fernando is a nice guy.
Typical Portuguese restaurant located just across Mosteiro de Alcobaça. You can enjoy the wonderful joy of typical Portuguese food, from central region. Average price 25 eur / person.
R. Dom Mauro Cocheril 27
27 Rua Dom Maur Cocheril
Typical Portuguese restaurant located just across Mosteiro de Alcobaça. You can enjoy the wonderful joy of typical Portuguese food, from central region. Average price 25 eur / person.
Strait forward Portuguese food. Average price 15 eur / person.
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Restaurante A Casa
10 Praça 25 de Abril
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Strait forward Portuguese food. Average price 15 eur / person.
Corações Unidos restaurant offers one of the region specialties – Frango na Púcara (Clay Pot Chicken).
Pensão Corações Unidos
39 R. Frei António Brandão
Corações Unidos restaurant offers one of the region specialties – Frango na Púcara (Clay Pot Chicken).
Grills are their speciality and they are really competent at their speciality. Average price 10/15 eur person.
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Restaurante Maria José
Nº1/3 R. Q.ta das Freiras
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Grills are their speciality and they are really competent at their speciality. Average price 10/15 eur person.

Sightseeing

Installed on a rise about 70 meters west of the monastery, Alcobaça Castle was sent to build by d. Afonso Henriques in 1147, on the presumed Arab ruins of a fortification from the 6th century.
Castelo de Alcobaça
Installed on a rise about 70 meters west of the monastery, Alcobaça Castle was sent to build by d. Afonso Henriques in 1147, on the presumed Arab ruins of a fortification from the 6th century.
Sightseeing, National park, tracking and other seightseeing
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Park Naturali ta 'Serras de Aire e Candeeiros'
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Sightseeing, National park, tracking and other seightseeing
The extraction of salt in this region has a long history, including references in documents written in 1177.
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Estrada das Salinas
Estrada das Salinas
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The extraction of salt in this region has a long history, including references in documents written in 1177.

Essentials

Must visit the local fruit market. Mondays and Saturdays only.
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Mercado Municipal de Alcobaça
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Must visit the local fruit market. Mondays and Saturdays only.
Small Local supermarket.
Praça Dom Afonso Henriques
Praça Dom Afonso Henriques
Small Local supermarket.

Arts & Culture

Park and Cultural Park, offering visitors unique experiences through a range of activities and events, aiming at recreating the lives of the monks of the Order of Cistercians.
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Park tal-Monges - Alcobaca
N.º 10 R. Q.ta das Freiras
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Park and Cultural Park, offering visitors unique experiences through a range of activities and events, aiming at recreating the lives of the monks of the Order of Cistercians.
The Alcobaça Monastery is a Mediaeval Roman Catholic monastery founded by the first Portuguese King, Afonso Henriques, in 1153. Listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage.
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Alcobaça
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The Alcobaça Monastery is a Mediaeval Roman Catholic monastery founded by the first Portuguese King, Afonso Henriques, in 1153. Listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage.
A 21st century museum that takes you back o 1385. The best preserved battlefield of he Hundred Year's War.
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Ċentru ta 'Interpretazzjoni tal-Battalja ta' Aljubarrota
120 Avenida Nuno Álvares Pereira
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A 21st century museum that takes you back o 1385. The best preserved battlefield of he Hundred Year's War.
Considered one of the jewels of the national wine heritage. Located in the former wine cellar
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Wine Museum of Alcobaça
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Considered one of the jewels of the national wine heritage. Located in the former wine cellar
Founded in the thirteenth century prove to be one of the most important female monasteries of the Cistercian Order.
Cós
Founded in the thirteenth century prove to be one of the most important female monasteries of the Cistercian Order.
The Roman villa of Parreitas is a perfect testimony of the Roman occupation of Bárrio which took place between the centuries I and IV
Bárrio
The Roman villa of Parreitas is a perfect testimony of the Roman occupation of Bárrio which took place between the centuries I and IV
Horse rental and equestrian school. Restaurant and store.
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CEIA – Centro Equestre Internacional de Alfeizerão
km 89 Estr. Nacional 8
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Horse rental and equestrian school. Restaurant and store.
The Monastery of Batalha, literally the Monastery of the Battle, is a Dominican convent in the civil parish of Batalha, in the district of Leiria, in the Centro Region region of Portugal. XVI Century.
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Il-Monasteru tal-Batalha
Largo Infante Dom Henrique
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The Monastery of Batalha, literally the Monastery of the Battle, is a Dominican convent in the civil parish of Batalha, in the district of Leiria, in the Centro Region region of Portugal. XVI Century.
Kart rent for several ages, kids and adults.
Euroindy - Kartódromo da Batalha
Kart rent for several ages, kids and adults.
Remarkable tracksite of the Middle Jurassic period (approximately 175 million years old) contains not just the oldest and longest sauropod tracks known anywhere, but also exceptionally well preserved.
Estrada de Fátima
Estrada de Fátima
Remarkable tracksite of the Middle Jurassic period (approximately 175 million years old) contains not just the oldest and longest sauropod tracks known anywhere, but also exceptionally well preserved.

Everything Else

A pleasant village at a calm bay in Middle Portugal São Martinho do Porto is a ... Around the bay is a wide sandy beach, and next to the beach hills and dunes.
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São Martinho do Porto
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A pleasant village at a calm bay in Middle Portugal São Martinho do Porto is a ... Around the bay is a wide sandy beach, and next to the beach hills and dunes.
Nazaré has long been a popular destination for tourists, with it's delightful mix of beautiful beaches, strong traditional culture, relaxing atmosphere and interesting history as a fishing village.
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Nazaré
20 R. do Horizonte
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Nazaré has long been a popular destination for tourists, with it's delightful mix of beautiful beaches, strong traditional culture, relaxing atmosphere and interesting history as a fishing village.
In recent years, Praia do Norte has become famous for big wave tow-in surfing and now attracts some of the world's top pro surfers.
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Il-Bajja ta' Fuq
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In recent years, Praia do Norte has become famous for big wave tow-in surfing and now attracts some of the world's top pro surfers.
The beach extends about 6 km long. The wild beauty of the Serra da Pescaria and Praia do Salgado is the privileged setting for the practice of nature sports and outdoors like glider.
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Salgado Beach
1 R. do Turista
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The beach extends about 6 km long. The wild beauty of the Serra da Pescaria and Praia do Salgado is the privileged setting for the practice of nature sports and outdoors like glider.