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Main facade of Mosteiro da Batalha, Portugal
Main façade of Mosteiro da Batalha, Portugal
Main facade of Mosteiro da Batalha, Portugal
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Batalha

Leiria, Portugal · Europe

About Batalha

Batalha works well as a base: 10 minutes from Alqueidão da Serra, 22km from Nazare.

Batalha is in Leiria, Portugal, with about 7,900 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Alqueidão da Serra, about 6 km away.

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What is there to see near Batalha?

Within an hour or so of Batalha: Sanctuary of Fátima (13 km), Alcobaça Monastery (18 km), Nazare (22 km), Praia do Norte, Nazaré (23 km).

Are there any good drives near Batalha?

The nearest famous roads are N2: Portugal's Route 66, Tram 28 Route, Lisbon and Sintra–Cascais Coast Road (N247).

Where is Batalha?

Batalha is in Leiria, Portugal, about 6 km from Alqueidão da Serra.

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Quick Information

Population
7,910
Continent
Europe
Country
Portugal
Region
Leiria
Timezone
Europe/Lisbon
Coordinates
39.6602, -8.8247

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Portugal

Police
112
Ambulance
112
Fire
112
Driving side
right
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Worth the detour from Batalha

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

cathedral

Sanctuary of Fátima

One of Catholicism's great modern pilgrimage sites, built where three shepherd children reported Marian apparitions in 1917: a vast esplanade twice the size of St Peter's Square links the 1953 basilica and the 9,000-seat Holy Trinity church.

13 km · about 25 min drive

cathedral

Alcobaça Monastery

Portugal's largest church, a UNESCO Cistercian abbey founded in 1153, holding the facing carved tombs of King Pedro I and his murdered lover Inês de Castro: placed foot-to-foot so they rise facing each other at judgement.

18 km · about 20 min drive

natural wonder

Nazare

A fishing town famous for producing the world's largest surfed waves, with 30-meter swells breaking at the Praia do Norte canyon.

22 km · about 25 min drive

beach

Praia do Norte, Nazaré

The beach where a submarine canyon generates record-breaking waves, overlooked by the Forte de São Miguel Arcanjo.

23 km · about 25 min drive

landmark

Convent of Christ, Tomar

A UNESCO-listed former Knights Templar headquarters with a remarkable blend of Romanesque, Gothic, Manueline, and Renaissance architecture.

35 km · about 40 min drive

landmark

Convento de Cristo, Tomar

A UNESCO-listed Templar monastery with a Manueline round church and the celebrated carved Chapter House window.

35 km · about 40 min drive

landmark

Obidos

A fairy-tale walled medieval town of whitewashed houses with blue and yellow trim, famous for its ginjinha cherry liqueur.

44 km · about 50 min drive

castle

Castelo de Almourol

A Templar castle on a rocky island in the Tagus river, reached by short ferry from a riverside car park.

44 km · about 50 min drive

Driving roads near Batalha

10 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.

  • 70 kmN2: Portugal's Route 66Portugal's longest road runs 738 kilometers from Chaves to Faro through the country's rural heartland and Alentejo plains.

Driving in Portugal

Drives on
the right
Petrol
~€1.78/litre
Motorway tolls
~€9.00/100km

When to drive here

April to October

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