Lands of Santa Maria

Lands of Santa Maria

The "Land of Santa Maria" was a medieval region organized administratively and militarily around the castle of Santa Maria, remained until the middle of the century. XIX.

It can be said that the Land of Santa Maria is the MOTHERLAND OF PORTUGAL.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Praia de Espinho, Espinho Portugal

Walking on the beach

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Museu Municipal De Espinho - Fórum de Arte e Cultura de Espinho, 4500-198 Espinho, Portugal

It is an old cannery converted into a museum. The Museum intends to characterize the District of Marinha, the Art of Xávega (traditional fishing method of the region) and make understandable the place of Fábrica Brandão Gomes in the national and world cannery phenomenon.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Museum of Ovar, R. Heliodoro Salgado 11, 3880-232 Ovar, Portugal

Ovar is known as City-Museum of Tile, most of its older civil buildings, have tile flooring and decoration of the facades. Some of these façades are also accompanied by plaques ornamented with balustrades, pine cones and earthen statues. The Ovar Museum consists essentially of objects of art and ethnography (costumes and customs of the region).

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Igreja Matriz de Santa Maria de Valega, R. da Igreja Matriz 115 Valega, Ovar 3880-506 Portugal

The Church of Válega is a true masterpiece of the art of tile painting and, without a doubt, one of the most impressive churches in Portugal! The interior, also lined with polychrome tiles, features ceilings covered with exotic woods.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Parque La Salette, Oliveira de Azemeis 3720-215 Portugal

There are 17 hectares of green, pedestrian paths and belvederes in what was formerly known as Monte Castro.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Museu da Chapelaria, R. Antonio Jose de Oliveira Junior 501, Sao Joao da Madeira 3700-204 Portugal

From the oldest hat factory, the Chapelaria Museum was born. Unique in the Iberian Peninsula, the Museum is a tribute to the men and women who made the hat industry one of the most important activities in the history of the region.

In this museological space you will find the images, the machinery, the tools and the hats that illustrate the magical world of the hats, but also the human, social and cultural dimension of a community for which this activity has always assumed a prominent role.


Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Castelo de Santa Maria da Feira, Alameda Doutor Roberto Vaz Oliveira, Santa Maria da Feira 4520-141 Portugal

To know the history of this castle and consequently the history of the foundation of Portugal. It is one of the most notable Portuguese monuments in the way it mirrors the diversity of defensive resources used between the 11th and 16th centuries.

Duration: 45 minutes