Gothic Capital

Santarém

Ribatejo floodplains, bullfighting and popular festivals. Santarém overlooks the Tagus from its natural balcony, between Templar castles and fertile fields.

150 Parishes

21 Municipalities

425K Inhabitants

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The Grand Route
of Santarém

A journey through the most emblematic municipalities

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União de freguesias da cidade de Santarém

União de freguesias da cidade de Santarém

Storks wheel above Visigoth stones while river-mist lifts off the lezíria below Portas do Sol.

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Almeirim

Almeirim

Taste stone-baked sopa da pedra, wander Manueline azulejos and fertile lezíria in Ribatejo’s culinar

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Alpiarça

Alpiarça

Casa dos Patudos, baroque church and river kitchens rise from Portugal’s tabletop lezíria

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União das freguesias da Chamusca e Pinheiro Grande

União das freguesias da Chamusca e Pinheiro Grande

Feel the thunder of Ascension bulls, taste Tejo DOC wine born of a royal reprieve

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Golegã

Golegã

Lusitano horses thunder through candle-scented streets as 50,000 visitors invade Portugal’s equine h

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Nossa Senhora de Fátima

Nossa Senhora de Fátima

In Entroncamento, rails laid in 1861 still pulse as Portugal’s railway heart and parish soul.

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União das freguesias de Torres Novas (Santa Maria, Salvador e Santiago)

União das freguesias de Torres Novas (Santa Maria, Salvador e Santiago)

Walk floodplain, castle keep & 175-million-year dino prints in one morning

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Vila Nova da Barquinha

Vila Nova da Barquinha

Vila Nova da Barquinha

River-beach sunsets, 1905 iron bridge, ferry-born village—Barquinha breathes water and steel

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Santa Margarida da Coutada

Santa Margarida da Coutada

Follow the Trilho das Fontes past outlaw fonts, granite springs and schist echoes

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União das freguesias de Abrantes (São Vicente e São João) e Alferrarede

União das freguesias de Abrantes (São Vicente e São João) e Alferrarede

Walk Abrantes’ granite lanes where crusader stones, Manueline doors and azulejo-clad chapels guard t

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All Municipalities
of Santarém

21 municipalities to explore

Abrantes

Abrantes

13 parishes

Alcanena

Alcanena

7 parishes

Almeirim

Almeirim

4 parishes

Alpiarça

Alpiarça

1 parishes

Benavente

Benavente

4 parishes

Cartaxo

Cartaxo

6 parishes

Chamusca

Chamusca

5 parishes

Constância

Constância

3 parishes

Coruche

Coruche

8 parishes

Entroncamento

Entroncamento

2 parishes

Ferreira do Zêzere

Ferreira do Zêzere

7 parishes

Golegã

Golegã

3 parishes

Mação

Mação

6 parishes

Ourém

Ourém

16 parishes

Rio Maior

Rio Maior

10 parishes

Salvaterra de Magos

Salvaterra de Magos

6 parishes

Santarém

Santarém

19 parishes

Sardoal

Sardoal

4 parishes

Tomar

Tomar

12 parishes

Torres Novas

Torres Novas

10 parishes

Vila Nova da Barquinha

Vila Nova da Barquinha

4 parishes

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