BATALHA
Batalha is an heroic city where one of Portuguese greatest historical symbols stands - The Monastery of Saint Mary of Victory, known best as the Mosteiro da Batalha.

This Dominican Monastery was under construction for over 2 centuries and is classified as a Unesco World Heritage monument. On July 7th 2007 it was elected as one of the seven wonders in Portugal.
FÁTIMA
Place of pilgrimage considered as the city of Hope and Peace, FATIMA is one of world’s most important Sanctuaries dedicated to the Holy Virgin Mary.

You can also visit the Shepard’s House, the ethnographic museum of Aljustrel and in Valinhos, the monument to Our Lady, the Loca of the Angel, the Stations of the Cross and the Cavalry. On the North side of the Shrine Area, visit the Wax Museum of Fatima and the Apparitions 1917 Museum. On the South Side stands the Museum of Sacred Art and Ethnology of Fatima.
NAZARÉ
Nazaré beach is well known as the most typical beach in Portugal. Huge rocks over a deep blue sea makes that place a popular destination, above all because of its traditions.

The beach follows along the Main avenue, inviting you to walk or just to contemplate de sea at the end of the day. You can see fishermen dressed with typical check patterned shirts and black pants as well as their wives with their popular seven kilts, mending fishing nets or drying fish in nets on the sand, close to their colorful little boats.

For those who appreciate fish and seafood, Nazaré is almost a food paradise: fresh fish cooked different ways, from Caldeirada á Nazarena (with different kinds of fished) to sardines, white grouper, grilled bass and the tasty lobsters and spider crabs.
COVES
Saint Anthony’s Caves and Alvados Caves are very close to the historical, tourist and architectonic tour of the western central Portuguese Region.

Those 2 Caves in the Natural Park of Serras de Aires e Candeeiros are a good option to enjoy the beautiful landscape surrounding them.
MONUMENTS OF THE REGION
Our region has a very rich architectonic patrimony, from Leiria and the Porto de Mós Castles to one of the Masterpieces of Portuguese architectural history: Holy Mary of Alcobaça Monastery. Classified by the Unesco as World Heritage , it is one of the biggest European Abbeys from the order of Cister.