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Miradouro para a Caldeira Rasa e Caldeira Funda

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Caldeira Funda
9970-265, Lajes das Flores

Lajes das Flores

This is one of the most beautiful viewpoints on the island of Flores, offering privileged views over Caldeira Rasa and Caldeira Funda. The latter reaches a depth of more than 100 meters.

Praia da Calheta

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Rua Padre José Francisco Soares
9960, Lajes das Flores

Lajes das Flores

Small sandy beach with black sand and dark pebbles, a calm corner where to do to the beach away from the masses.

Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário

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Rua de Nossa Senhora do Rosário
9960-999, Lajes das Flores

Lajes das Flores

Church built between 1763 and 1783 on the site where the Ermida do Espírito Santo previously stood. The main body, with a rectangular plan, features two integrated towers. At the back of the chancel there is an altarpiece in painted revivalist carvings.

Rocha dos Bordões

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ER1-2
9960-630, Lajes das Flores

Lajes das Flores

Rocha dos Bordões is a curious geological phenomenon that presents impressive vertical striations on the basalt wall. Through the rock, several watercourses pass that end in a waterfall. Very close by, we find the so-called Águas Quentes, small boilers boiling with sulfurous water.

Coudelaria Vale Pau

  • leisure

EN114
2100-675, Santana do Mato

Coruche

Equestrian center located on a 20-hectare farm, with a covered and two outdoor riding arenas, 12 boxes and a cross field. Space with plenty of field to gallop and quiet to rest.

Piscinas Municipais de Coruche

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Rua Capitão Salgueiro Maia
2100-142, Coruche

Coruche

The outdoor pools are open in the summer, closing on Mondays. The indoor pool is only closed on Sundays and public holidays. These are spaces with good conditions and infrastructure.

Torre do Cemitério da Erra

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Rua da Misericórdia
2100, Coruche

Coruche

Of the old church, which was destroyed during the 1755 earthquake, only this bell tower remains, restored in 1766, and which can now be seen, isolated, in the town's cemetery.

Antas do Caminho da Fanica

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EN2
2100, Couço

Coruche

Set of dolmens located in the extreme south of the municipality of Coruche. They date back to the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods.

Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Castelo

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Avenida Nossa Senhora do Castelo
2100, Coruche

Coruche

During the Reconquista, this hill overlooking the town built a castle, the scene of frequent battles between Muslims and Christians. Currently, there is this hermitage invoking Our Lady of the Castle. According to tradition, the Church was founded by King Afonso Henriques, with a portrait of this king preserved there. The chapel is very long and not very wide, with a single nave, with a stone pulpit and a crossing arch in pink marble.

Igreja da Misericórdia de Coruche

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Travessa do Hospital, 2
2100-134, Coruche

Coruche

Very old temple, from the 16th century, with a single nave, with a high choir supported by four simple columns and in which there is a pipe organ dated 1803. The main altar does not have a crossing arch and bears in the center the image of the patron saint, Our Lady of Conception. The royal facade has a royal crown.

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