Santarém

Ourém

Discover the 16 parishes that make up the municipality of Ourém, Santarém district.

16 Parishes

44,538 Inhabitants

201m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Ourém

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

Fátima

Fátima

13,212 inh.

Atouguia

Atouguia

2,087 inh.

Nossa Senhora das Misericórdias

Nossa Senhora das Misericórdias

4,655 inh.

Nossa Senhora da Piedade

Nossa Senhora da Piedade

7,250 inh.

Olival

Olival

1,368 inh.

Gondemaria

Gondemaria

1,368 inh.

Cercal

Cercal

809 inh.

Matas

Matas

809 inh.

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

02

Parishes
of Ourém

16 parishes

Alburitel

Alburitel

Where 1,060 villagers hand-pick olives before the Tejo bus leaves and 175-million-year-old footprint

Atouguia

Atouguia

Village mornings echo with blackbirds, tractors and the clank of the school gate on a 222 m plateau.

Casal dos Bernardos

Casal dos Bernardos

Walk sauropod prints, taste DOP olive oil and sleep where pilgrims pass in Casal dos Bernardos

Caxarias

Caxarias

Jurassic footprints, limestone benches and peppery oil in Ourém’s hidden amphitheatre

Cercal

Cercal

Oak-fired loaves, olive groves and 1789 stone ovens scent this limestone ridge village.

Espite

Espite

Walk Ourém’s hidden parish where 5 000-year-old tools, pilgrim paths & tiny chapels frame the Ribate

Fátima

Fátima

At 06:00, 62 bronze bells shake the limestone plateau while candles flicker below.

Gondemaria

Gondemaria

Olive terraces glow like egg yolk above 175-million-year prints outside Ourém

Matas

Matas

Walk limestone trails where sauropod prints, olive groves and pilgrim bells share Ribatejo silence.

Nossa Senhora da Piedade

Nossa Senhora da Piedade

175-million-year-old tracks, November olive oil and a 17th-c. church define this Ourém parish

Nossa Senhora das Misericórdias

Nossa Senhora das Misericórdias

Walk dinosaur footprints beneath Ourém’s sandstone cliffs, then feast on chanfana in this Caminho de

Olival

Olival

Where dinosaur prints bake beside schist walls, Olival village wakes to espresso steam and surname-w

Rio de Couros

Rio de Couros

In Ourém’s quietest parish, olive scent drifts past 175-million-year-old tracks and pilgrims

Seiça

Seiça

Limestone pastures hide Jurassic prints, olive oil steams in 1953 press, pilgrims sip Serra cheese.

União das freguesias de Freixianda, Ribeira do Fárrio e Formigais

União das freguesias de Freixianda, Ribeira do Fárrio e Formigais

Trace 1253-chartered lanes between silver-green olive contour lines to fossilised dinosaur tracks

Urqueira

Urqueira

Trace 175-million-year-old footprints near a sleepy limestone village where olives outnumber people.

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