The Monastery of Alcobaça, the tombs of Pedro and Inês, the Wine Museum, the castle and São Martinho do Porto.
Cistercian abbey founded in 1153 by Afonso I after the conquest of Santarém and completed in 1252, UNESCO World Heritage since 1989. Holds the carved tombs of King Pedro and Inês de Castro, set face-to-face so they would meet at the Last Judgement.
Verified: 2026-03-26
Two of the finest Gothic tombs in Europe, carved with scenes of life and death and placed facing each other in the monastery transept.
Regional wine museum housed in the former Real Adega de Alcobaça, the early-20th-century state winery. Traces the Cistercian origins of viticulture in the area through to the modern Lisboa and Bairrada producers, with original presses and labelled bottle archive.
Verified: 2026-03-26
The ruins of a medieval castle on the hill above the town, with a fine view over the monastery roofs.
An almost closed, shell-shaped bay with calm, shallow water, one of the safest family beaches on Portugal's west coast.
