Tomar

Moinhos e Lagares d'El-Rei

Tomar

Set of buildings on the right bank of the Nabão River, on a platform built on an artificial channel that diverts the waters of the Nabão River. Mills and hydraulic presses operated there, and there are projects to transform the …

Cine-Teatro Paraíso

Tomar

Cinetheater with a room with a "U" plan with a capacity of 392 seats. It was in 1855 that the construction of the Teatro Nabantino began, in the place where, later, the Cineteatro Paraíso would appear, inaugurated in 1924.

Antiga Sinagoga de Tomar

Tomar

The Synagogue of Tomar is probably the oldest gothic Hebrew temple. The temple was built between 1430-60 and closed in 1496, during the expulsion of the Jews. After that it was converted into a prison and in 1923 it was …

Museu dos Fósforos - Aquiles da Mota Lima

Tomar

Museum that has a collection of more than 50,000 matchboxes from around the world, including the first ones made in Portugal. It is now the largest collection of its kind in all of Europe. It all started when Aquiles Mota …

Percurso Centro Histórico - Colina do Castelo de Tomar

Tomar

The Hill of Castelo de Tomar has enough attractions to attract any visitor, including the Convent of Christ, a world heritage site, and a jewel of Manueline art. The Castle and its walls are worth a close visit, as is …

Arco das Freiras

Tomar

Arch from the 16th century, serving as a passageway over a public road, establishing communication between two convent buildings.

Roda Hidráulica do Mouchão

Tomar

Large wooden wheel, one of the ex-libris of Tomar. Located in Jardim do Mouchão, next to the Nabão River, this wheel has pairs of clay buckets, each with a capacity of five litres. It is a model of hydraulic wheel …

Albufeira de Castelo de Bode

Tomar

Arch-vault dam on the Zêzere River, near its confluence with the Nabão. It was completed in 1951 as part of the national policy for the use of hydroelectric resources. The reservoir, with an extension of about 60 km, offers enviable …

Aqueduto dos Pegões / Aqueduto do Convento de Cristo

Tomar

Built in 1593 by Filipe I, it is six kilometers long and was intended to supply the Convent of Christ. It has 180 arches, often overlapping, and took twenty years to complete.

Mata Nacional dos Sete Montes

Tomar

The Mata Nacional dos Sete Montes has 39 hectares of forests and gardens that belonged to the Order of Christ for centuries. In 1938 it returned to the State after belonging for a century to the Costa Cabral family, who …

Igreja de Santa Maria dos Olivais

Tomar

Temple from the 13th century. It appears to have been part of a Convent of Benedicts, still in the period when the town was called Nabância. It was rebuilt by D. Gualdim Pais, in 1160, who made it the pantheon …