Santarém

Tomar

Discover the 12 parishes that make up the municipality of Tomar, Santarém district.

12 Parishes

36,413 Inhabitants

154m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Tomar

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

União das freguesias de Tomar (São João Baptista) e Santa Maria dos Olivais

União das freguesias de Tomar (São João Baptista) e Santa Maria dos Olivais

16,932 inh.

Junceira

Junceira

985 inh.

Serra

Serra

986 inh.

Olalhas

Olalhas

1,216 inh.

União das freguesias de Casais e Alviobeira

União das freguesias de Casais e Alviobeira

2,528 inh.

União das freguesias de Além da Ribeira e Pedreira

União das freguesias de Além da Ribeira e Pedreira

1,080 inh.

Sabacheira

Sabacheira

844 inh.

Carregueiros

Carregueiros

1,067 inh.

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

02

Parishes
of Tomar

12 parishes

Asseiceira

Asseiceira

Limestone slab, cork-oak witness, olive-oil so fiery it stings—Asseiceira guards the final shot of 1

Carregueiros

Carregueiros

Meet the hamlet where three Caminos cross above Tomar’s Nabão valley

Junceira

Junceira

Where tractors queue at dawn for olive oil and the Camino rushes past without stopping

Olalhas

Olalhas

Olalhas hides above the Tejo vineyards, where pilgrims sleep beneath basil keys and tractors outnumb

Paialvo

Paialvo

Wheat, olive drills and scallop-shell way-markers 86 m above sea, curated by 2,234 souls.

Sabacheira

Sabacheira

Walk ancient pilgrim lanes between twisted olives, press-room aromas and schist-walled plots outside

São Pedro de Tomar

São Pedro de Tomar

A stone bridge from Tomar, three cafés, one restaurant and a 16th-century church glowing with olive-

Serra

Serra

Corkscrew EM534, olive presses, pilgrims’ springs and €9 pork lunches above Tomar

União das freguesias de Além da Ribeira e Pedreira

União das freguesias de Além da Ribeira e Pedreira

Between Tomar’s Templar skyline and Pedreira’s quarried cliffs, irrigation ditches glint like silver

União das freguesias de Casais e Alviobeira

União das freguesias de Casais e Alviobeira

Tomar’s forgotten parishes breathe slow, scent their oil and watch the young leave

União das freguesias de Madalena e Beselga

União das freguesias de Madalena e Beselga

Walkers follow olive-scented paths between granite villages where time is measured by a lone bell an

União das freguesias de Tomar (São João Baptista) e Santa Maria dos Olivais

União das freguesias de Tomar (São João Baptista) e Santa Maria dos Olivais

Nabão mist, Manueline stone and 26 monuments in one parish—Tomar’s heart beats uphill from river to

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