If fate brings you to beautiful Portugal, find a day to go to Tomar. The town with a population of 20 thousand people was home to the brave Templars, which today reminds tourists of the old sights. But in Tomar, it is worth traveling not only to be imbued with the spirit of history. The city itself is very beautiful and will certainly leave only pleasant memories, perfectly completing your holiday in Portugal.

Getting there

Tomar is only 140 kilometers from the Portuguese capital, therefore from Lisbon you can get here both at train, and taking advantage of intercity buses. The latter will take you straight to the destination, but the trains will drive to the neighboring Fatima (a city 35 kilometers from Tomar). Therefore, if the time to visit Tomar is short, it is better to take the bus. By the way, the routes you need are № 3, 23, 27 and 30.

Hotels

Despite the modest size, Tomar offers tourists a wide variety of hotels: from "two-star" to four-star hotels stars. "Five-stars" is not here. This is understandable: after all, tourists in Tomar, as a rule, do not stay longer than one or two days. It is possible to stay for overnight in a simple hotel or in a comfortable hotel.

But if waste is not about you, you can spend the night in a "two-star" . Moreover, hotels of this status offer cozy rooms with TV and free Wi-Fi . @ Accommodation in a double room even in a hotel, if it is in the center of Tomar, will cost an average of 1,500 rubles . Accommodation in the "treshka" in a room for two people in the summer will cost somewhere around 3,000 rubles . For a day in a four-star hotel will have to fork out to 4,500 rubles . In "treshki" and "four-star zdniki ", except for accommodation, the cost also includes breakfasts .

Entertainment, excursions and sightseeing Tomara

It is not slumbering if we say that the main attraction of Tomar or, as it is customary to say, must see is the monastery of the Templars Monastery of the Order of Christ). It is rumored that even the Holy Grail is kept here, but official evidence of this fact, alas, is not represented by modern scientists. The majestic monastery was erected by the knightly order in the middle of the 12th century, however, at first it was a castle, and not a Catholic monastery. This can be seen by looking at the building - it looks more like a powerful fortress structure.

Despite the past centuries, the monastery of the Order of Christ has been well preserved to the present day, up to the decor elements - the ornament on the windows and the colored tiles on the walls . Add that for a tour of the monastery with tourists take a fee of 6 EUR.

In Tomar you can also see the oldest synagogue in Portugal. It is located in the historical center of the city, on the street Dr. Joaquim Jacinto. Then you can visit the church of San Francisco, built in the 17th century

The fact is that in one of the premises of the church there is a museum of matches, in which, by the way, hundreds of thousands of matchboxes from more than 100 countries have been collected. If time permits, be sure to visit the church of San Juan Batista in Tomar and the monument to the founder of the Templar fortress Gualdin Pais.

All prices are in March 2014 Tomar's photo (4)