Know Santarém

It is a large and beautiful temple, characteristic of the Portuguese Gothic style, with three naves defined by ogival arches, resting on two rows of columns topped by ornate capitals with vegetal motifs and some, very few, with anthropomorphic motifs. The lighting is done through ogival windows and transports us into a space that reflects the idea of the time, “God is light”.

Summer hours:from July 21st to September 10th 10:00 – 13:00 | 14:00 – 18:00 | CLOSES – Holidays
Hours: 09:15 – 12:30 | 14:00 – 17:15 | CLOSES – Holidays

carried out at the instigation of King Manuel I, superimposed on the pre-existing Gothic structure. The languages of Manueline are well expressed throughout the church, especially in the portal of the facade. The interior of the temple has three naves, divided by full, classical arches that are set on thick columns with “claw-rolled” bases and topped by beautiful Ionic capitals. The walls are covered with tiles of various colors and blue and white checkered, dating from 1617, 1620, 1635 and 1639.
The portico of the Marvila temple, a symbol of the so-called Manueline style, is splendidly beautiful and elegant, with tri-lobed polycentric arches that are surrounded by trunks and other ornaments typical of the style of the Ventureful King such as the cordage mixed with vegetalistic motifs.

Hours: 10:00 – 12:00 | 14:00 – 17:30 | CLOSES – Monday, Tuesday and holidays

High spans resting on thin pillars and rare and sober sculptural ornamentation. The building’s structure bears the hallmarks of the various eras, from Gothic to Baroque, Manueline and Renaissance. From the early period much of the volumetry and the most important structural elements remain. Over the centuries, the monastery was successively altered by new artistic campaigns, such as in the cloister, in the radical transformation of the transept, and in several chapels inside the church, of which there remain decorative elements of great quality, such as the Renaissance arch in the Santa Ana Chapel or the Mannerist design of the Capela das Almas, the Meneses’ pantheon and the work of architect Pedro Nunes Tinoco.

Hours: 09:00 – 12:30 | 14:00 – 17:30 | CLOSES – Monday

in Praça Visconde Serra do Pilar, known as Praça Velha. Besides the architectural language of the building, there is a remarkable set of fifty-five figurative and eight decorative tile panels commissioned from the former Fábrica de Sacavém, which represent motifs from the tourist and regional propaganda that characterized the capital of Ribatejo at the beginning of the 20th century.

Besides the Porta do Sol, now a panoramic balcony, you can see another door that used to lead to the Alfange. Some wall alignments and a section of the Porta de Santiago complete the remains of what was one of the most important medieval castles. Landscaped in 1896, it is now the city’s drawing room.

The current name derives from the name of the church where the sidewalk that connected the spur of the plateau to the Ribeira used to pass. Until the 16th century it also served as an access to the village, through a path given up as unrecoverable in 1797. On it you can see a Fernando de Portugal coat of arms, which documents the reinforcement work on the town walls. It is currently traversed by the numerous pilgrims on the way to Santiago.

combined with a multimedia component in which visitors have the opportunity to learn about the different chronological periods covered, from prehistoric to contemporary times.

Hours: 09:15 – 12:30 | 14:00 – 17:15 | CLOSES – Monday, Tuesday and holidays

At the pinacoteca, highlights include works by Josefa d’Óbidos (1630 – 1684), Tomas de Anunciação, José Malhoa (19th century), Quinchardte, Drogstroot, and Dirk Stoop.

Schedule: 09.30 – 18.00 | CLOSES – Weekends and holidays

under the designs of the royal architect João Nunes Tinoco, when the urban area of the Paço Real de Santarém was restructured.
The history of the church is linked to a small hermitage arranged/founded by the Capuchin arroyo, Afonso da Piedade, in 1611. It rivaled the Ermida de Nª Sª da Guadalupe, founded in the reign of D. Afonso V. It was around this image that occurred “the miraculous signs” (May 26 and 27, 1663), that the believers and later the Cathedral of Lisbon came to call the “Miracle of Our Lady of Piety” associated with the Portuguese victory in the Battle of Ameixial, which practically ended the War of Restoration (July 11, 1663).
In January 1664, King Afonso VI decided to order the construction of a church with royal patronage, dedicated to Senhora da Piedade, using the foundations of its chapel. In 1665 construction began, but was not finished until late in the reign of the founder’s brother, Pedro II, between 1688 and 1691.

IIP Classification (Real Estate of Public Interest): 1934-08-11

Hours: 09:00 – 12:30 | 14:00 – 17:30 | CLOSES: 4th. and Saturday afternoons; Sundays and holidays

Falconers from the 18th century, who settled in Salvaterra de Magos, coming from Valkenswaard – Holland, to guarantee the good functioning of this falconry, used birds with distinct characteristics, which allowed them to hunt different species, possible through high and low flight. Some of these species, which now permanently reside in the Royal Falconry, were once used by the Portuguese monarchs in their pompous royal hunts. During the visit you will also have the chance to discover the world of Falconry from the Neolithic to our days, the reasons that led to the appearance of this art, as well as its importance in the village of Salvaterra de Magos, which has always had favorable conditions for big game hunting.

Hours: Tuesday through Sunday.

of the Patriarchal Seminary of Santarem, is one of the most important and beautiful sacred monuments of the Scalabitan heritage.
It is a building with a Mannerist structure and facade built between 1672 and 1711. The frontispiece of the church has five distinct bodies, giving a strong impression of strength and power. An impression of power that is increased and complemented by the two symmetrical parts of the built whole, forming as it were a single great palace of God. It was the object of intervention in 2008 by master organ-builder Nuno Rigaud.
Sita na Praça Sá da Bandeira
National Monument Classification: 1917-03-14

Hours: 10:00 – 18.00 | CLOSES on Tuesdays.

It was destroyed by a violent fire.
The facade is simple, impressing by its verticality of lines and revealing mannerist characteristics. It develops in five bodies divided by asymmetrical vertical pilasters. It has only one tower, not very tall, topped by spires and spheres.
The church of S. Nicolau has an adjoining chapel, whose patron saint is S. Pedro and which possesses the magnificent Gothic tomb of Fernão Rodrigues Redondo, dating from the 14th century and also classified as a national monument.

The pipe organ of the Church of S. Nicolau was restored in 2008 by master organbuilder Dinarte Machado. It is a positive cabinet organ, with a case built in Flanders pine wood and later painted.
This instrument is characteristic of the Portuguese organ school, built in 1818 by António Xavier Machado e Cerveira (1756-1828).

Hours: 09:00 – 19:30 |.

It integrates an indoor pool, wave pool, slides, and restaurant.

Summer hours: Monday to Friday – 08:00 – 21:00 Saturday: 09:00 – 17:30 | Closed: Sunday (except in June, July and August)

completed in 1936. Today, with a panoramic balcony over the Tagus and the extensive Lezíria, it is the visiting room and one of the most popular spaces in the city. Here is installed the Urbi Scallabis – Interpretation Center, a structure to support the knowledge and interpretation of the historic center by the visitor.

Space with cafeteria, restaurant, game and playground, museum.

Schedule: 09:00 -22:00

With plenty of open space next to a wooded area, there we find a little bit of everything. Running, walking, resting, socializing, games, a cycling track, a playground, a lake, everything is there and can be done. There is also a cafe and a terrace, and the avenue is surrounded by stores and services of all kinds, including a shopping center, banks, and a post office. In the center of the garden we can also see the Monument to the Forcados and a statue of D. António, Prior of Crato.

The mark of late romanticism manifests itself in the neo-baroque decoration, adapted to the stylistic innovations of the country’s first movie theaters, prior to art deco. The hybridism of the facade, characteristic of Romantic architecture, presents a profusion of decorative elements of various formal origins, used from the late 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century.

Hours: Tuesday to Friday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM | CLOSES: Sunday, Monday and holidays

At the end of the 20th century, the Municipality of Santarém acquired the property, turning it into a space-memory of Santarém’s relationship with the Discoveries and, particularly, with Brazil, constituting since then an important cultural pole in the city.

Hours: 9:00 -12:30 | 14:00 – 17:30 | CLOSES – Sundays, Mondays and holidays

The Taborda Theater was founded by a group of theater lovers and amateurs in Santarém and, little by little, without haste, they transformed a pre-existing arena into a theater space.

This association produced, uninterruptedly, musical theater shows, operettas and comedies, some of which had locally produced music and lyrics, others were interpretations of Portuguese and foreign plays.
Thus, this space marked the cultural formation of the city of Santarém, starting in 1895, encouraging musicians, artists, and writers, to compose music for theater and also for orchestra, theatrical creation, in all its forms, and even dramaturgy and poetry.

Inaugurated on October 28, 2003, the year in which it was awarded the “Best Development of 2003” prize by the real estate magazine. With an innovative architecture, it has unequivocally requalified the center of the city of Santarém.

The W Shopping has 70 stores, 6 movie theaters, a supermarket, a food court, and 600 covered parking spaces.

In a constant renovation, the W Shopping reformulated in 2012 the food court, providing two new areas on this floor, W Kids and W Baby, focusing increasingly on the needs of families, offering greater convenience and comfort. In 2017 all the interior and exterior lighting was reformulated, contributing to a greater sustainability of our planet.

This is an animation project based on the aesthetic valorization of the space, created for the polyvalence of actions, allowing the interchange of experiences, betting on diversity.

You could say that the Forum has created an informal and assiduous audience. This is a public that the CCRS intends to respect and expand, both through the regularity of the initiatives, and also through the quality of the same.

The objectives that the Forum seeks to follow are:

– Reinforce the regularity of the actions, seeking to respond to requests coming from the environment;

– To deepen its regional dimension, carrying out actions that go beyond its physical space, promoting the artistic values of the region.

In 1996 this space was renamed Fórum Actor Mário Viegas in honor of the late great actor and poet, born in Santarém, Mário Viegas.

The place chosen for the installation of the Santarem Museum was the church of S. João do Alporão, then headquarters of a private theater society.

After remodeling work that took place between 1877 and 1889, the Museum opened to the public, with a district figure, in 1889, passing to municipal competence only three years later, on December 24, 1892. After a long hibernation, in 1992 the municipality of Santarém determines the closing of the old ‘Museu dos Cacos’, starting a deep restructuring.

The fundamental bases of the current museological reality rest on a polynucleated structure, integrating the already existing nuclei: Museological Nucleus of Art and Archaeology (S. João do Alporão Church), Museological Nucleus of Time – 1st phase (Cabaças Tower), Anselmo Braamcamp Freire House-Museum and Urbi Scallabis Interpretation Center.

For more information, check out the Museu Municipal de Santarém website at http://museu.cm-santarem.pt/.

You can book a visit here.

THE “RIVER-TO-RIVER NATURE WALKS” GIVE YOU THE CHANCE TO DISCOVER SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN’T SEE IN MANY PLACES IN THE WORLD. A unique composite of nature: river, secondary canals, islands, magical corners, unique places, endless trees and plants, birds of the most diverse species, and horses on the islands and beaches.

Rio-a-Dentro

+351 915 880 518

The project Horses in the Sand – founded in 2011 in Comporta – with the aim of linking equestrian activities with the taste for outdoor life, created a partnership with Quinta da Lagoalva.
Thus, Horses in Lagoalva is born, with rides in close contact with nature.

Book your tour and enjoy a day in the countryside, in a large space full of fresh air.

We want you to become an eternal lover of flying. And it is so easy. Just try it!

Flying in a hot air balloon leads you to feel something inexplicable. It will fly at the same speed as the wind!

It all starts with the preparation of the wicker basket, where it will be taken to fly.
Inside, side by side with other passengers delighted by the experience, some more curious than others, you will be surprised.
The balloon will grow above your head by heating the air.
Then you just have to let yourself go…

Operators:

Windpassenger
www.windpassenger.pt
+351 243 660 006

 

Magic Balloon – Rui Farinha
www.balaomagico.pt
+351 961 805 015

 

The long tradition of Quinta da Lagoalva as a wine producer is attested in 1888, at the Portuguese Industry Exhibition, where it was present with 600 casks of wine.

 

The 45 hectares of vineyards of Quinta da Lagoalva are implanted in the best “terroirs” of the Tagus and are constituted by the national and world castes with the best oenologically proved aptitudes such as, in the whites: Sauvignon Blanc, Alvarinho, Arinto, Fernão Pires, Verdelho, Chardonnay; and in reds: Touriga Nacional, Alfrocheiro, Tinta-Roriz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Shyrah, Tannat and Castelão.

Visit to the Winery – The Wine Cycle – Program for adults and children from 7 years old and up, where for 45 minutes we visit the Vineyards, the Winery and the Barrel Room

Price: 7.50€ / person

Condition: Groups with at least 4 people

 

Experience, The Discovery of the Terroir of Herdade de Catapereiro – In a two-hour visit, for a minimum of two people, you will get to know the Vineyards, the Winery and the Barrel Room and taste a Tyto Alba wine (White/Rosé/Red), a sparkling wine tasting of 1836, a liqueur wine tasting of “Senhora Companhia” and an olive oil tasting

Price: 20 € / person

Condition: Groups with at least 4 people

These experiences will introduce the visitor to the tradition and scenic beauty of Herdade de Catapereiro, passing through the vineyard where a historical introduction of Companhia das Lezírias is made, proceeding to a visit to the winery, full of technology and oenological tradition, and ending with a wine and olive oil tasting that will exemplify each of the “micro-terroir” of the property.

At EVOA, visitors can enjoy:

• 5 km of lake walks
• 4 observatories and several observation points
• Daily guided bird watching tours, using telescopes, binoculars and guides
• Visit the permanent exhibition, EVOA, Where the World Meets the Tagus

EVOA has the capacity to receive up to 120 visitors/day, ensuring the tranquility of the birds and the quality of the visiting experience.

In addition to the daily offer, EVOA holds several events throughout the year, making this space, which is renewed every day, more dynamic.

EVOA
www.evoa.pt
+351 926 458 963