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A historical building with ornate carvings and a sign reading 'POLITECICO TOMAR.' 1
A group of people standing in front of a stone church with a large arched entrance and two smaller windows on either side. 2
Three people standing in front of a display with a knight's armor and a sword. 3
A couple sitting on a ledge with a historic building and fountain in the background. 4
A historic church interior with ornate stone architecture, including a large arched doorway and detailed carvings. 5
By Kitzel Tours Portugal

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Price is €289 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 9h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • With a guide visiting each place a revival of the past trying to understand the past, present and who knows even future importance of the Templar's in Portugal, from it on our Templar Tour.
    Also understand the importance of this important religious Order in the future Country Portugal and also the importance that Portugal had for the growth of the Order.
    Carried out in our company, on our tour in a comfortable and 100% flexible way.

Activity location

  • Castelo de Almourol
    • 2260, Praia do Ribatejo, Portugal, Portugal

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Castelo de Almourol
    • 2260, Praia do Ribatejo, Portugal, Portugal

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Tour of the Knights Templar's of Tomar

  • Activity duration is 9 hours9h
    9h
  • English

Pickup included

Starting time: 08:30
Price details
€270.00 x 1 Adult€270.00
Paid at activity€19.00
Total
Price is €289.00

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Private transport
  • Inclusions
    WiFi on board
  • Inclusions
    Compulsory insurance
  • Inclusions
    Private guide and accompaniment to all monuments
  • Inclusions
    Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Inclusions
    Pick up and drop off at the accommodation
  • Exclusions
    Lunch
  • Exclusions
    Tickets for museums

Know before you book

    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Castelo de Almourol

  • 45m
  • Admission ticket not included
We start our Templar Tour with a visit to the Castle of Almourol located on a small island already inhabited at the time of Roman occupation of the peninsula, later by the Templars, a small Castle built in the middle of the Tagus River, all for protection reasons of course.

Igreja de Santa Maria dos Olivais

  • 30m
Perhaps the first seat of the Order of the Temple, a transition from the Romanesque style to the Gothic, on the facade a large rosette with the mark of the Knights templar, the Signum Salomonis. In this church the funerary monuments of Guladim Pais, founder of the city, and other Grand Masters of the Order, a Church that seems smaller than in reality is once it is buried two metres below the ground.

Tomar

  • 30m
Known internationally as the city of the Templars, in Tomar we will find testimonies of its influence, namely the Mata dos Sete Montes where according to tradition initiated rituals, and templar marks throughout the city which demonstrates the importance and pride of this city for this fantastic military order.

Synagogue of Tomar

  • 20m
Portugal was for centuries the European oasis of peaceful cohabitation between Christians, Muslims and Jews, the Tomar Synagogue, founded in the mid-19th century. XV, right in the centre of the city, is the pretext for a review of this excellent relationship

Convento de Cristo

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Then we continue our Templar Tour towards Tomar beginning the visit to the Templar Castle / Convent of Christ was the seat of the Order of the Temple until 1314, and the Order of Christ, from 1357. From the castle (1160) is part of the octagonal tray (late 12th century), Romanesque sanctuary of oriental influence.

Castelo de Tomar

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Tomar Castle

Aqueduto dos Pegoes

  • 20m
But before returning to Lisbon, we visited an aqueduct that supplied water to the castle / Convent of Christ, located 6 kms from Tomar, the Pegões Aqueduct is an excellent architectural work of the 16th century.

Location

Activity location

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    Castelo de Almourol
    • 2260, Praia do Ribatejo, Portugal, Portugal

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Castelo de Almourol
    • 2260, Praia do Ribatejo, Portugal, Portugal

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