Leiria

Porto de Mós

Discover the 10 parishes that make up the municipality of Porto de Mós, Leiria district.

10 Parishes

23,202 Inhabitants

291m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Porto de Mós

Don't visit just one. Here's a route of 8 parishes ordered geographically for a perfect weekend getaway.

Porto de Mós - São João Baptista e São Pedro

Porto de Mós - São João Baptista e São Pedro

6,001 inh.

Pedreiras

Pedreiras

2,548 inh.

Juncal

Juncal

3,197 inh.

Calvaria de Cima

Calvaria de Cima

2,477 inh.

Serro Ventoso

Serro Ventoso

892 inh.

União das freguesias de Arrimal e Mendiga

União das freguesias de Arrimal e Mendiga

1,574 inh.

São Bento

São Bento

751 inh.

União das freguesias de Alvados e Alcaria

União das freguesias de Alvados e Alcaria

731 inh.

This route is calculated geographically to minimise travel. Perfect for discovering the municipality at your own pace.

02

Parishes
of Porto de Mós

10 parishes

Alqueidão da Serra

Alqueidão da Serra

Limewashed cottages, late-ripening pears and goat-bell echoes at 461 m above Leiria’s karst plateau

Calvaria de Cima

Calvaria de Cima

Walk sun-bleached limestone ridges above Porto de Mós where the 1385 Battle of Aljubarrota thundered

Juncal

Juncal

Where pear orchards scent the breeze below the Aire ridge, Juncal keeps time by fruit, not clocks.

Mira de Aire

Mira de Aire

Descend 110 m into a 180-million-year limestone cathedral, then sip ginginha at a 1930s loom museum

Pedreiras

Pedreiras

Silent limestone scars, fern-filled pits and artists chiselling new life into Porto de Mós stone

Porto de Mós - São João Baptista e São Pedro

Porto de Mós - São João Baptista e São Pedro

Hear rival São João & São Pedro chimes while river Lena laps the quarried ridge

São Bento

São Bento

Granite cottages, pear orchards and shepherd trails in Porto de Mós’s quietest parish

Serro Ventoso

Serro Ventoso

Marble hamlets, goat trails and apple terraces cling to a 458 m limestone ridge

União das freguesias de Alvados e Alcaria

União das freguesias de Alvados e Alcaria

Wood-oven crusts, Templar limestone and cave-aged cheese flavour this Leiria mountain parish

União das freguesias de Arrimal e Mendiga

União das freguesias de Arrimal e Mendiga

Walk the scarred plateau of Arrimal e Mendiga, where abandoned limestone cliffs echo with birdsong a

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