The downtown is the result of an urban innovative project, imbued on a clear concern for modernity. With a rigours geometrical sketch, it has its main references on the Tejo River and the D. José statue. Nearby are also the Rossio and Figueira squares. This area was totally rebuilt after the earthquake of 1755, and became one of the best examples of European urban planning. Going through the long avenues you will notice that the neoclassical imponent buildings shelter, nowadays, commercial shops. The Portas de Santo Antão Street is the most indicated to take a walk.

Castelo Bom was conquered from the Leonese by D. Dinis, highlighting the defensive role that the wall played during the Middle Ages. In fact, from the castle and fence (reinforced in the Manueline period) still exist a broken arched door and a small ruined tower (classified as a National Monument). Next to the fortification are two 16th century houses and another one next to the mother church. The typical gastronomy includes sausages, roast kid, river fish and pumpkin jam filled with almonds. Embroidery and lace are also typical works of Castelo Bom.

Born in Vila Viçosa, born 1548. His intelligence was appreciated, fact which earned him a one-way ticket to the University to study philosophy. This was followed by training in rhetoric, humanities and Metaphysics at the University of Coimbra. His\/her illustrious figures quickly arrived from other countries. In 1574 already attends the Royal Palace of Évora and the Academy of the Infanta d. Maria. Because the success faded, decided to enter the convent of the infant Jesus da Graça, disillusioned with the ingratitude of those protected. In this convent died, with 47 years.

This church used to be part of the disappeared Benedictine monastery and it was rebuilt on the 14th and 15th centuries. From then on it started to possess a cloister, a crenel tower and the frontage giant. The portico has four archivolts with ogival arches settled in decorated columns in the abacus and capitals, with Coat of Arms and rose window. On the inside it possesses a nave, a main chapel where it is possible to find the grave from the Abbot D. Estevão, with some inscriptions and with a statue laying above the cover and funerary – chapel. It …

It is in this square that you can find what remains of the old Convent of Nossa Senhora da Oliveira, the church of Oliveira and the beautiful cloister inserted in the Alberto Sampaio Museum. In front of the church, you can see the pattern that recalls the victory of D. Afonso IV over the Moors, in 1340, in the battle of Salado. Also noteworthy is the Domus Municipalis, an imposing monument that was the county palace at the end of the 14th century, highlighting the porch supported by five Gothic arches, the five bay windows and a statue on the …

This building with three naves has a prismatic bell ringer tower with ashlars irregular on the corners, covered by a pyramidal dome and with traces from the Manueline. The altarpiece is in golden carving with a sacrarium with a mannerist structure. It presents a mannerist doorway and on its inside it stands out the glazed tiles coverage from the 17th century and the paintings from the 17th century from Baltazer Gomes and from Josefa de Óbidos. Also, worthy to mention is D. João de Noronha tomb considered a masterpiece from the Portuguese Renaissance.

Building ordered by D. Luís de Meneses, lord of Pancas and Ponte da Barca, foreiro of the Comendadeiras de Santos-o-Novo in the second half of the XVII century. In the middle of the XIX century it was sold to the judge of the high court José Pereira Palha. In 1968 the City council buys it to the Van Zeller family. It is a manor house with open yard for the carriages and the noble staircase. Inside there’s a small room decorated with rural motifs – the frescos room – dated probably from the XIX century, the chapel, the gardens and …

With the original name of Royal College of the Overseas Missions, was built by Dom João VI in 1794. Emphasis on the tiles, depicting scenes of colonial evangelism, as well as for its imposing library with approximately 7,300 works. In the Church of the seminary, deserves special attention the high altar of style hispano-Arabic and the magnificent 18TH century bellows organ, and several paintings of the painter Bento Coelho da Silveira. The seminar also explores the agricultural strand through a large production of wine, marketed under the brand name "lands of d. Nuno".

The Mãe d ' Água restaurant works in a 19th century building restored and adapted the restaurant, where the modern blends the rustic, creating an environment "sui generis" and welcoming. The recipes are family members and gave rise to good international dishes with a touch of innovation. The room itself is very showy. After can be more than 100 wine references the national attention. Start with carpaccio of cod and be enthralled by the black scabbardfish fillets with orange sauce, which arrive at the table with the unexpected touch of grated Apple and strawberry.

Considered the largest archaeological crypt in the country, it is located beneath the Castle of Alcácer do Sal, now transformed into the Pousada D. Afonso II. It presents traces of the Iron Age dating from the 6th century BC, as well as structures from the Roman period and the Islamic occupation, covering a considerable area. Medieval walls from the post-Reconquista Christian era were also found, based partially on Roman walls which, in turn, overlap older pre-existing structures dating from the Iron Age.