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Must See

The Convento de Cristo
overlooking the pretty
town of Tomar, on the
Nabão river

Order of the Templars, and
is capped by an octagonal-
spired belfry, with a clock.
Inside, there is a carved
stone pulpit and 16th- MATA NACIONAL
century paintings including DOS SETE MONTES
a depiction of the Last Supper Originally the Convento
by Gregório Lopes (1490– de Cristo’s gardens,
1550). A particularly gory the Mata Nacional dos
painting of the beheading of Sete Montes (National
John the Baptist hanging here Forest of the Seven
is also attributed to Lopes. Hills) is the perfect
The area outside the church place for a walk. Local
is the focus of the spectacular families descend on
Festa dos Tabuleiros (p41), a the green space at
festival with pagan origins weekends for picnics
3 held in July, every four years. in the sunshine and
strolls in the extensive
During the celebrations,
Museu dos Fósforos girls dressed in white carry woodlands. There are
towering platters of bread various marked wood­
⌂ Av General Bernardo and flowers on their heads. land trails to explore, as
Faria # Tue–Sun well as a more formal
¢ 1 Jan, 1 May, 25 Dec The festival has similar roots
to the Festa do Espírito landscaped area by the
The former cloisters of the Santo, which is popular in park entrance.
17th-century church of São the Azores.
Francisco now house the
Museu dos Fósforos. This
museum proudly boasts
the largest collection of Jardim da
matches in Europe, with Nossa Senhora Pequena Mouchão
Parque
over 43,000 matchboxes da Conceição
from 104 countries of the R. DO CAMARÃO
world on display. The boxes RUA SACADURA CABRAL Rio Nabão
depict everything from dino- RUA DOUTOR JOSÉ MARIA DE SOUS A R U A G I L D E A V Ô
A V E N I D A M A R Q U Ê S D E T O M A R
saurs to Nazi propaganda. C O L I N A D O C A S T E LO R U A A L E X A N D R E R U A
H E R C U L A N O
You don’t have to be a S E R P A P I N T O
RUA SILVIA MAGA LHÃES
phillumenist to appreciate São João RUA JOÃO CARLOS EVERARD
Baptista
this curious museum. A V E N IDA D O U T O R V I E I R A G U I M A R Ã E S REPÚBLICA R U A D E S Ã O J O Ã O B A P T I S T A
R UA D O U TOR
PRAÇA DA
JOAQ U I M J ACINTO
Museu
Convento Luso-Hebraico de Museu da
de Cristo Abrahma Zacuto Lavada
4 RUA DO PÉ DA COSTA DE BAIXO R. DONA AURORA DE MACEDO
PRACETA
São João Baptista R. INFANTA RIA 1 5 RUA PEDRO DIAS ALVES REDOL
⌂ Praça da República A V E N I D A C Â N D I D O M A D U R E I R A RUA TOR
RUA DA
§ 249 312 611 SABOARIA
Mata Nacional dos
The lively shopping street, Sete Montes R U A D O S A R C O S SABOARIA
Rua Serpa Pinto, leads to RUA GENERAL TAMAGNINI DE ABREU LARGO DA RES PINHE
the Gothic church of São BERNARDO FARIA ANTÓ
RUA DO CONDE
João Baptista on Praça da LARGO RUA CO RO NE L L U ÍZ
República, the town’s main FERREIRA IRO
LARGO 5 DE
square. The late-15th-century E S T R A D A P L A N A LT O 5 DE OUTUBRO NIO APA RÍC IO
OUTUBRO
church has an elegant BERNARDO FARIA
GRANDE GUERRA
Manueline portal, complete Museu dos AVE DOS COMBATENTESDA
AVE. GENE RAL
Fósforos
with the coat of arms of the
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