The Golden Ring is Portugal’s most famous monument
Description:
This excursion is an immersion in the Middle Ages and an introduction to the history of Portugal, one of the oldest European countries.
This tour is an introduction to the most touching love story of the Portuguese Romeo and Juliet.
This tour is the story of the most important victory that Portugal won over its enemies, which gave the country 200 years of independence.
This excursion is an introduction to one of the 7 wonders of Portugal, the city of Obidos.
Route: from your hotel-Obidos-Alcobasa-Batalha-return to the hotel.
Obidos is a real medieval city with a fully preserved castle and jagged fortress walls. Today it is a "city with a postcard". An unforgettable walk through the streets of the town. Numerous churches, picturesque courtyards all year round drowning in flowers. It is impossible to resist not to try the "ginja"-cherry liqueur in a chocolate cup, which can be snacked after tasting.
No matter how long you stay here, it seems small. But the town of Alcobasa lies ahead. In the city is the former monastery of Santa Maria - a masterpiece of the XII century. of golden sandstone in the style of early Gothic. This place is associated with the love story of the Portuguese Romeo and Juliet – the Portuguese king D. Pedro and his beloved Ines. There are sarcophagi with their bodies, located opposite each other, as Pedro bequeathed.
The next town is Batalha and the monastery of the Virgin Mary the Winner, built in honor of the victory over the Spaniards in 1385. This is where the remains of Henry the Navigator lie. Here is the unfinished chapel, the vault of which is a blue sky. There is no such chapel in the world.
This excursion is an immersion in the history of the country, acquaintance with the life of local residents. We can have lunch on the ocean in the town of Nazareth.
If you wish, you can expand the route and visit the city of Fatima - a place of pilgrimage throughout the Catholic world and learn 3 secrets of the Holy Virgin, who appeared here to three shepherds in 1917.