About Portugal / Visit Ribatejo
Ribatejo has the title of "Heart of Portugal". All the charm of this rich province awaits you along the banks of the Tagus. Here, the river moulds the character of the area and forges the development of the people.
For centuries Ribatejo has been home to the most aristocratic Portuguese residents: “the bull and the Latin horse “.
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- Abrantes
- Castelo de Almorol
- Castelo do Bode dam
- Constancia
- Dornes
- Fátima
- Golegã
- Mação
- Natural Reserve - Paúl de Boquilobo
- Natural reserve - Serras de Aire e Candeeiros
- Santarém
- Sardoal
- Tomar
Abrantes
Being proud of its rich last one and a vast patrimony of great quality,
Abrantes is a city which combines the traditions of the past with the future...
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Castelo de Almorol
"...Almorol’s Castle is placed between Vila Nova da Barquinha and Praia do Ribatejo.
It was built in 1171 on an island in Tejo River...
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Castelo do Bode
“Albufeira of Castelo do Bode” is a place of election for recreation and leisure activities,
enjoyment with the nature and for the practical one of nautical sports."
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Constancia
"...The enchanting and white washed town of Constância nestles between the rivers Tagus and Zêzere,
forming a sort of peninsula...
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Dornes
"...Dornes is a small hamlet in the centre of Portugal,
located about 35 Km from Tomar and 150 Km from the capital, Lisbon..."
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Fátima
"...Nowadays Fátima has an immense sanctuary which welcomes thousands of persons every year,
especially on the13th of May, when thousands of peregrines celebrate the apparitions..."
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Golegã
"...The village of Golegã has always been very much related to the 2 rivers that cross it
- Almonda and Tejo - It is a very known village because of its fertile fields,
its big farms, its bull fights and the horses..."
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Mação
"...The county of Mação, lying in a zone of fair and vast fields once
covered by cork-oaks and chestnut-trees and now by pine-woods, and with excellent thermal waters,
is an ideal place for those who wish to rest and enjoy the beauties of Nature..."
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Natural Reserve - Paúl de Boquilobo
"...he biggest colony of herons of the Iberian Peninsula lives here,
and during spring it becomes an important nesting site for enormous groups of wildfowl
(mainly herons and egrets)..."
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Natural reserve - Serras de Aire e Candeeiros
"...n this Natural reserve you can also visit the 'medium Jurassic reserve' with 175 million years and 60 000m2.
Here you can find hundreds of the world oldest and biggest collection of
dinosaur footprints as well fossils of its eggs..."
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Santarém
"...Santarém can be proud of its past: an important centre during Roman times,
it became a stronghold for the Moors and was later favoured by the Portuguese
kings for gatherings of the Cortes (parliaments)..."
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Sardoal
"...Located between the alluvial plain of the Ribatejo and the harsh scenery of the Beira,
Sardoal looks surprisingly like a town of the Alentejo, namely due to its whitewashed houses with blue or yellow trims.
Closely knit on a slope, it is surrounded by apparently endless fertile fields..."
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Tomar
"...Tomar gives the tourists the time to enjoy the life in a typical Portuguese small city.
This breathtaking tourist attraction, classified by UNESCO as World Heritage,
is a must for anyone and everyone who is interested in art,
history or just the majesty of the grandiose structures of the past..."
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