By tourist on June 14, 2015
Activities, Do, Ecotourism, Go, Know, Peniche, Play, See
The Praia do Carreiro’s Monastery is a beach located in Berlenga Grande, Archipelago of Berlengas and Peniche municipality. It is the only beach of the island suitable for bathing, accessible and sand. It is unsupervised. It has length about 40 meters.
By tourist on June 14, 2015
Activities, Do, Ecotourism, Enjoy, Go, Know, Peniche, See
The Fort of São João Baptista das Berlengas, or simply known as the Fort of the Berlengas, is located off western coast of Portugal, on the largest island of the archipelago of the Berlengas, in the municipality of Peniche in Oeste region. The fortification belonged to a group of defensive military structures meant to protect the municipality located on the coast. […]
By tourist on June 14, 2015
Activities, Ecotourism, Go, Learn, Peniche, See
The Berlengas archipelago is a group of small islands 10 to 15 kilometers off the Portuguese coast, west of the town of Peniche in Oeste region. Human occupation on Berlenga Grande (the only habitable island) dates back to antiquity: the islands are referred to in Ptolemy’s Geography as Λονδοβρίς (Londobris).Much later it was referred to as the island of Saturno by Roman geographers, and was visited successively by Muslims, Vikings and pirates/privateers from England and France. In 1513, […]
By tourist on June 14, 2015
Activities, Go, Marinha Grande, Museums, See
The Glass Museum is a permanent institution, unincorporated and non-profit service of society and its development. Brings together collections that testify to the industrial, artisanal and Portuguese artistic glass since the mid-seventeenth / eighteenth century to the present. It is the only museum specifically devoted to the study of art, craft and glass industry in […]
By tourist on June 14, 2015
Activities, Archaeological tourism, Go, Learn, See
The Lapedo Valley is a great archaeological value of depression that is located in the Parish of Santa Eufemia, 13 kilometers from the Portuguese town of Leiria. The valley is about 1.5 km long and a maximum depth of 100 meters. Why it happens to Sirol the river, a tributary of the River Lys, and […]
By tourist on June 14, 2015
About Leiria, Activities, Enjoy, Go, Know, See, Slider
The Pine of the King, National Forest of Leiria, or Pinhal de Leiria is a Portuguese forest. It has 11,080 ha, covering the parishes of Marinha Grande and Vieira de Leiria, with only well inserted and fully in the municipality of Marinha Grande. In Portugal, the pine forest of Leiria marked the beginning of intensive […]
By tourist on June 14, 2015
Activities, Castanheira de Pera, Go, Learn, See
There is only documented news from 1757 in charter of D. José also signed by the Marquis of Pombal. Of the seven wells built only three that remain for their rarity were considered buildings of public interest. These three rough construction of wells are round inside; however two are octagonal on the outside and one […]
By tourist on June 14, 2015
About Leiria, Cultural tourism, Slider
In the Medieval Kingdom of Portugal, the Cortes was an assembly of representatives of the estates of the realm - the nobility, clergy and bourgeoisie. It was called and dismissed by the King of Portugal at will, at a place of his choosing.[1] Cortes which brought all three estates together are sometimes distinguished as Cortes-Gerais (General Courts), in contrast to smaller assemblies which brought only one or two estates, to […]
By tourist on June 14, 2015
About Leiria, Leiria
The town of Leiria developed from the hill where the castle is deployed. After the thirteenth century went downhill until you reach the river Lis. Leiria was born the Roman Collipo, founded in the first century BC, which have existed on the hill of San Sebastian, near Andreus. The entire town was under Moorish rule, […]
By tourist on June 14, 2015
About Leiria, Leiria
There are three legends, the local imaginary, involving the castle. According to one, with the castle in possession of the Moors, was preparing King Afonso Henriques to resume it. By watching the crows flew over the castle, it seemed that repeated “not now, tomorrow morning.” For this reason, she waited until dawn to deliver the […]