Private tours by limousine in Oporto & surroundings
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Coimbra, Fatima, Batalha - full day
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Program
Coimbra - Coimbra, a charming town with an ancient and traditional University, where we mingle in the
atmosphere of students. Inhabited by Romans and Arabs, it was once the capital of Portugal, before Lisbon
took its place. Sightseeing of Coimbra, including the University, the first to exist in Portugal, since the XIII
century and one of the most important Universities in Europe: see the Library, a masterpiece of gilt wood-
work and its courtyard from where we have another nice view over Mondego river.
Free time to walk around through the narrow streets of the ancient section and see the antique
Cathedral, dating from the XII century. You may also choose to visit “Portugal in miniature”, an area with
miniatures of several monuments of Portugal.
Fatima - Our Lady of Fatima is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary Who appeared to three shepherd
children at Fátima, on the 13th day of six consecutive months in 1917, starting on 13 May, the Fatima
holiday. Tour of Fatima where you can visit the Sanctuary and the Basilica – with the tombstones of
shepherds - and the Chapel of Apparitions, heart of the shrine – where Our Lady appeared to the
shepherds. Time to attend mass. Aljustrel, tour of the houses where Jacinta, Francisco and Lucia were born.
Valinhos, see the place where Our Lady of Fatima appeared for the 4th time in August 19th, 1917.
Loca do Anjo, visit the place where the children, Francisco, Jacinta and Lucia, saw the apparition of the
Angel for the first and third time.
Batalha - Proceed to Batalha Monastery, a XIV century masterpiece in Gothic style. Batalha Monastery, is
a Dominican monastery in the Portuguese town of Batalha, in the District of Leiria, Portugal. It is one of the
best and original examples of Late Gothic architecture in Portugal, intermingled with the Manueline style. It
amazes the onlooker with its profusion of gables, spires, pinnacles and buttresses. It has become a symbol
of Portugal. Here you can admire the highest church in Portugal, the Royal Pantheon of the Portuguese
“Conquerors of the Sea”, the beautiful manueline cloister and the “Unfinished Chapel”.
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These tours have a pick up at the main hotels of Oporto and have a guide driver in English, Spanish, German, French and Portuguese.
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