Casinha das Papoilas holiday cottage

11/12/2023

11/12/2023

Christmas in Óbidos

03/08/2023

A little local history.....
https://www.tornadaesalirdoporto.pt/freguesia/historia?fbclid=IwAR02izw1tYhb3-jsft3ExqBSNYEH4GLW_wBIJDru1iYfQFEzsC3Rtp4OYbM

02/08/2023

São Bernardo - the largest & oldest fair in Alcobaça
https://www.mysound-mag.com/2018/08/feira-de-sao-bernardo-em-alcobaca.html

02/08/2023

Festa time is here again in the village!

02/08/2023

A useful link for your days out in Lisbon.... only an hour away!

Lisbon travel guide which will help your Stay in Lisbon. Best Lisbon districts, Best Lisbon restaurants, Getting around Lisbon

18/07/2023

The beaches of Baleal (shown below) and Peniche are very popular with surfers! You will find surf schools , wet suit and board hire as well as a few bars and restaurants along the beach.

18/07/2023

Thanks for all your enquiries!
We are now fully booked this summer.

18/07/2023

NATURAL PARK OF AIRE AND CANDEEIROS MOUNTAINS
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Grutas+de+Mira+de+Aire/@39.5401727,-8.7040315,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0xd189ba827e6bb51:0x57947a0b42e675a9!8m2!3d39.5401732!4d-8.7040315!16s%2Fg%2F11dxb0tyjt?entry=ttu
Recently its 43rd anniversary was celebrated. Located in central Portugal, about 100 kilometers north of Lisbon, it covers an area of about 39000 hectares spread across the municipalities of Alcobaça, Porto de Mós, Alcanena, Santarém, Torres Novas and Ourém.
At the surface, there are neither rivers nor streams. The landscape is barren, dotted here and there by boulders, fissures and slopes. Notwithstanding this arid appearance, there is a rich and varied range of animal life, including 18 species of bats (the symbol of the Park) that find ideal shelter in the various grottoes.
This chalk massif is a paradise for speleologists who will be able to discover grottoes and ravines in its depths, with surprising rock formations that have been sculpted by water over time. In limestone areas when it rains, the rainwater will spread across the fields and sink into the cracks in limestone enlarging them by natural mechanic erosion and by the chemical reaction caused by carbon dioxide.
Several of these areas are prepared to receive visitors such as the grottoes of Santo António, Moeda, Mira d’Aire and Alvados, that have various support infrastructures.
Mira D'Aires grottoes https://www.grutasmiradaire.com/en/
On the eastern flank of the Serra de Aire, around 10kms from Fátima, we find the world’s largest and most important collection of sauropod dinosaur footprints from the mid Jurassic period (175 million years old). Several of the 20 or so tracks, discovered by chance in a former quarry – the “Pedreira do Galinha” – measure over 100 m in length. The site includes some of the largest and clearest footprints known to man, that attain up to 95 cm in length and 70 cm in width, which gives an idea of the dimension of the largest of beings that have ever inhabited the planet.

★★★★★ · Grotte

18/07/2023

https://www.countrylife.co.uk/food-drink/portuguese-food-a-triumph-of-pork-and-seafood-thats-modest-understated-and-utterly-utterly-bewitching-257949?fbclid=IwAR3zrl1vb878DHCDDKG0W26VMM6FO4ioQDADrHvD0hpt35MophCcN5697pY

Portuguese cuisine is vibrant and enchanting, says Tom Parker Bowles.