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Vale de Santarém

Vale de Santarém has been the seat of a parish since the mid-19th century and was elevated to the category of village on June 21, 1995. Above the portal of its Mother Church, in Manueline style, the date of 1595 can be read, which some consider as the date of the temple's reconstruction and which attests to the antiquity of the village, but the origin of the Santarém Valley seems to go back, according to some authors, to the period of the Muslim presence in the Peninsula, since it was discovered, below the floor of the chancel of the Mother Church, remains a significant covering of Arab tiles.
Located only 45 km from Lisbon and 38 from Lisbon's international airport, this town is centuries old/ From the Phoenicians, to the Greeks, the Carthaginians, the Vandals and the Moors , settled in what is now Santarem and its surroundings. As for the Portuguese, it was in 1147, that they conquered the region led by their first king Dom Afonso Henriques. Defending a plateau on the right bank of the Tagus River, the city of Santarém then became the home of Portugal’s kings throughout the middle ages. It was also where the Cortes, the country’s earliest parliament would sit. This has left the city with Portugal’s finest ensemble of Gothic architecture, in its walls, churches, convents and isolated monuments like a Gothic fountain with a king’s seal. The city’s topography far above the fertile Tagus plain gives it some stunning vantage points, the most powerful being the Jardim das Portas do Sol, where you can command the plain from the city’s battlements. If you come to the city during a feira try to catch a fandango do Ribatejo dance, performed by two guys simulating a fight. Take a look at this short compilation of the City of Santarem: https://youtu.be/gHERjhAur2A Some of the most interesting places to visit: *Museu Diocesano *Igreja da Graça *Jardim das Portas do Sol *Igreja de Santa Maria de Marvila *Mercado Municipal *Old Town *Casa Museu Passos Canavarro *Miradouro de São Bento *Torre das Cabaças *Serras de Aire e Candeeiros Natural Park *Casa dos Patudos *Convento de São Francisco *Fonte das Figueiras *Festival Nacional de Gastronomia *Complexo Aquático de Santarém For more information, we have included a few links: https://www.thecrazytourist.com/15-best-things-santarem-portugal/ https://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g659913-Santarem_Santarem_District_Central_Portugal-Vacations.html
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Santarem
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Located only 45 km from Lisbon and 38 from Lisbon's international airport, this town is centuries old/ From the Phoenicians, to the Greeks, the Carthaginians, the Vandals and the Moors , settled in what is now Santarem and its surroundings. As for the Portuguese, it was in 1147, that they conquered the region led by their first king Dom Afonso Henriques. Defending a plateau on the right bank of the Tagus River, the city of Santarém then became the home of Portugal’s kings throughout the middle ages. It was also where the Cortes, the country’s earliest parliament would sit. This has left the city with Portugal’s finest ensemble of Gothic architecture, in its walls, churches, convents and isolated monuments like a Gothic fountain with a king’s seal. The city’s topography far above the fertile Tagus plain gives it some stunning vantage points, the most powerful being the Jardim das Portas do Sol, where you can command the plain from the city’s battlements. If you come to the city during a feira try to catch a fandango do Ribatejo dance, performed by two guys simulating a fight. Take a look at this short compilation of the City of Santarem: https://youtu.be/gHERjhAur2A Some of the most interesting places to visit: *Museu Diocesano *Igreja da Graça *Jardim das Portas do Sol *Igreja de Santa Maria de Marvila *Mercado Municipal *Old Town *Casa Museu Passos Canavarro *Miradouro de São Bento *Torre das Cabaças *Serras de Aire e Candeeiros Natural Park *Casa dos Patudos *Convento de São Francisco *Fonte das Figueiras *Festival Nacional de Gastronomia *Complexo Aquático de Santarém For more information, we have included a few links: https://www.thecrazytourist.com/15-best-things-santarem-portugal/ https://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g659913-Santarem_Santarem_District_Central_Portugal-Vacations.html

Our Favourite Restaurants

Be sure to call ahead! This is one of our favourite restaurants, we prefer to eat at!!! It is family owned and has been for over 35 years...The staff is incredibly friendly! Food absolutely delicious! Their wine list is sublime and mostly all from local /surrounding wineries! Very near you have beautiful views of the lower valley of Santarém. It is only a 12-14 minute drive. https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g659913-d5540038-Reviews-Restaurante_A_Grelha-Santarem_Santarem_District_Central_Portugal.html
A Grelha
Lt. 1 R. Ateneu Comercial de Santarém
Be sure to call ahead! This is one of our favourite restaurants, we prefer to eat at!!! It is family owned and has been for over 35 years...The staff is incredibly friendly! Food absolutely delicious! Their wine list is sublime and mostly all from local /surrounding wineries! Very near you have beautiful views of the lower valley of Santarém. It is only a 12-14 minute drive. https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g659913-d5540038-Reviews-Restaurante_A_Grelha-Santarem_Santarem_District_Central_Portugal.html
https://www.facebook.com/casalusitana2.str This is a family style restaurant decorated with typical Ribatejo decor, and upon entering you have Nuno or Ricardo greet you with the most friendly smiles! Their food is delicious, from their fish/seafood selection to their meets and salads! That roasted garlic bread is savory and their wine selection is superb! This 3rd generation restaurant is easily accessible, 8KM from our Quinta, t hey also offer take-aways!
Casa Lusitana 2
n.º71 Avenida Dom Afonso Henriques
https://www.facebook.com/casalusitana2.str This is a family style restaurant decorated with typical Ribatejo decor, and upon entering you have Nuno or Ricardo greet you with the most friendly smiles! Their food is delicious, from their fish/seafood selection to their meets and salads! That roasted garlic bread is savory and their wine selection is superb! This 3rd generation restaurant is easily accessible, 8KM from our Quinta, t hey also offer take-aways!

Well-Being

This thalasso therapy center has been around since the 1800s! They started with old hot baths on the sandy beach of Nazaré, and now provide a wide variety of cures and well-being for a day or more!
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Talasso Nazaré, Portugal
Avenida Manuel Remígio
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This thalasso therapy center has been around since the 1800s! They started with old hot baths on the sandy beach of Nazaré, and now provide a wide variety of cures and well-being for a day or more!

Food scene

The owner George Cancela is one devoted human being to learning and living with Mother Nature's way of growing food. He truly is an example of teaching all of us on the importance of farming in a sustainable manner, by valuing the landscape, using old and wise traditional uses of the land itself in the right places! It is worth a visit or to simply stop by and try his 100% bio products! https://www.thelandscapefarm.pt/barrao-por-um-dia/
The Landscape Farm
The owner George Cancela is one devoted human being to learning and living with Mother Nature's way of growing food. He truly is an example of teaching all of us on the importance of farming in a sustainable manner, by valuing the landscape, using old and wise traditional uses of the land itself in the right places! It is worth a visit or to simply stop by and try his 100% bio products! https://www.thelandscapefarm.pt/barrao-por-um-dia/
Simply delicious...all of their pastries! Our favourite is the Cartaxino! THey offer fresh bread to take home besides other types of food ...for lunch or diner! Alderindo, the owner, along with Vanessa and the rest of the staff are kind and friendly! R. Mouzinho de Albuquerque 5, 2070-049 Cartaxo
Pastelaria Favorita
5 Rua Mouzinho de Albuquerque
Simply delicious...all of their pastries! Our favourite is the Cartaxino! THey offer fresh bread to take home besides other types of food ...for lunch or diner! Alderindo, the owner, along with Vanessa and the rest of the staff are kind and friendly! R. Mouzinho de Albuquerque 5, 2070-049 Cartaxo
Conveniently close to the Quinta should you want to get a few groceries A few minutes away from the Quinta - N3, 2070-621 Cartaxo The larger grocery store in Santarem - R. Alexandre Herculano, 2005-181 Santarém
Modelo Continente Cartaxo
N3
Conveniently close to the Quinta should you want to get a few groceries A few minutes away from the Quinta - N3, 2070-621 Cartaxo The larger grocery store in Santarem - R. Alexandre Herculano, 2005-181 Santarém
Great choices too... a few minutes away as well and not far from the Continente. They too offer take-aways! Rua da Ponte 3 Sitio Da Portela, EN, 2070-621
Pingo Doce Cartaxo
EN
Great choices too... a few minutes away as well and not far from the Continente. They too offer take-aways! Rua da Ponte 3 Sitio Da Portela, EN, 2070-621
Their selection of wines and more are bountiful and incredibly well priced! https://www.terreirocashcarry.com Estrada Nacional 3 Km 26 2070-626 Vila Chã de Ourique
Terreiro - Distribuição de Bebidas, Lda.
Their selection of wines and more are bountiful and incredibly well priced! https://www.terreirocashcarry.com Estrada Nacional 3 Km 26 2070-626 Vila Chã de Ourique
Take-a-way food (meats, chicken, lasagnas, etc.) all lovingly prepared by Fatima, Mr. Duarte's wife! It is in Cartaxo right across from the local market - R. Luís de Camões nº32, 2070-101 Cartaxo.
Talho Duarte
nº32 Rua Luís de Camões
Take-a-way food (meats, chicken, lasagnas, etc.) all lovingly prepared by Fatima, Mr. Duarte's wife! It is in Cartaxo right across from the local market - R. Luís de Camões nº32, 2070-101 Cartaxo.
Want delicious oysters and delivered to the Quinta??? We have been customers of Aquanostra now for a year! Aquanostra is a Portuguese company that has oyster farms in the Sado & Algarve region. They are focused on the farming of highly delectable oysters and resale of other high quality and delicious seafood. You can now enjoy great seafood in the comfort of our tiny home here at the Quinta. Simply order online or call them for more information and within 24 hours you get your order delivered. https://www.aquanostra.pt
Aquanostra
283A N10
Want delicious oysters and delivered to the Quinta??? We have been customers of Aquanostra now for a year! Aquanostra is a Portuguese company that has oyster farms in the Sado & Algarve region. They are focused on the farming of highly delectable oysters and resale of other high quality and delicious seafood. You can now enjoy great seafood in the comfort of our tiny home here at the Quinta. Simply order online or call them for more information and within 24 hours you get your order delivered. https://www.aquanostra.pt

Specialty and Local Ribatejo Tourist Gift Shop

Located near the Museu Diocesano de Santarém, you can shop for gifts, wines, liqueurs, souvenirs and more...then, take a break to savour some of their wines with petiscos! Nuno and his team are always ready to help you in discovering some of our best wines of the region, in fact, many have won international awards! Largo do Seminario, 12 Praça Sá da Bandeira, Santarem 2005-135 Portugal +351 243 324 002 https://www.facebook.com/lojadastradicoes
Loja das Tradições
nº28 Praça Sá da Bandeira
Located near the Museu Diocesano de Santarém, you can shop for gifts, wines, liqueurs, souvenirs and more...then, take a break to savour some of their wines with petiscos! Nuno and his team are always ready to help you in discovering some of our best wines of the region, in fact, many have won international awards! Largo do Seminario, 12 Praça Sá da Bandeira, Santarem 2005-135 Portugal +351 243 324 002 https://www.facebook.com/lojadastradicoes

Other tips

This is our preferred gas station for their competitive prices! We always avoid BP Gas stations, their prices are overpriced. This gas station is located at the rounb about on the N3 2070-621. From there one can take the road that brings you to the highway, the A1 towards Lisbon, or Porto
Rede Energia - Cartaxo
This is our preferred gas station for their competitive prices! We always avoid BP Gas stations, their prices are overpriced. This gas station is located at the rounb about on the N3 2070-621. From there one can take the road that brings you to the highway, the A1 towards Lisbon, or Porto

Sightseeing

Get ready for an unforgettable experience in a magical place. Convento da Sertã Hotel, a CHARMING boutique hotel, awaits you to enjoy a simple weekend or a few days of vacation, located in the Aldeais do Xisto. https://www.aldeiasdoxisto.pt/en/
Convento da Sertã Hotel
12 Rua do Convento
Get ready for an unforgettable experience in a magical place. Convento da Sertã Hotel, a CHARMING boutique hotel, awaits you to enjoy a simple weekend or a few days of vacation, located in the Aldeais do Xisto. https://www.aldeiasdoxisto.pt/en/