Santa Maria da Feira

Santa Maria da Feira

Santa Maria da Feira is a city in the north of the country, located in the region of Entre Douro and Vouga, surrounded by a luxuriant nature, and located in a place privileged by good means of communication since ancient times.

The festivities of Santa Maria da Feira are full of tradition and devotion, the most famous being the Festa das Fogaceiras, annually on January 20, the "Perlim" theater festival "Imaginarius" and the grandiose "Medieval Journey" where all the city seems to travel back in time to the Medieval Period.

Itinerary
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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

Stop At: Convento Museu de Loios, Praca Dr. Guilherme Alves Moreira No centro histórico, Santa Maria da Feira 4520-174 Portugal

The collection of the Convent of Lóios Museum is made up of collections of Archeology, local history and ethnography representative of the occupation of the territory, the construction of its history, arts, crafts, traditions and customs, civil and religious, which marked the identity and culture of this region that in the foundation of Portuguese nationality was designated by Terra de Santa Maria.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Museu do Papel, Rua de Rio Maior 338, Pacos de Brandao 4535-301 Portugal

The Terras de Santa Maria Paper Museum is housed in two former paper mills from the early 19th century. It has a permanent exhibition that shows the two most striking phases of the History of Paper in Portugal: sheet-fed production and industrial manufacturing.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Museu de Santa Maria de Lamas, Largo da Igreja, 90 Parque de Santa Maria de Lamas, Santa Maria da Feira 4535-412 Portugal

Popularly dubbed the "Cork Museum". Due to its diversity and exhibition, it is a unique cultural and museological resource that marks the history of private and personal collecting, of the art market and of Portuguese museology at the time of Estado Novo.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Castro de Romariz, Romariz Monte dos Mouros, Santa Maria da Feira Portugal

One of the most expressive archaeological sites in the region of Entre Douro and Vouga.

The Castro de Romariz, is a fortified settlement dating from the fifth century BC with occupation levels up to the first century AD.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Zoo Lourosa - Ornithological Park Lourosa, Rua Parque, 4535-071 Lourosa, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal

The Lourosa Zoo differs from other zoos: it is the only ornithological park in the country, that is, it is a park dedicated exclusively to birds, unique in Portugal and one of the few of its kind in Europe.

Duration: 1 hour