Leiria, Portugal · Europe
Benedita works well as a base: 10 minutes from Turquel, 22km from Nazare.
Benedita is in Leiria, Portugal, with about 8,600 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Turquel, about 4 km away.
Benedita is a town and parish in the Portuguese municipality of Alcobaça and in the Oeste region. The parish of Benedita is located on southern edge of the municipality and has an area of 30km². It borders the municipalities of Caldas da Rainha and Rio Maior. It has a population of 8480 people, as of 2021, whichRead more
makes it the most populated parish of the municipality of Alcobaça.
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Within an hour or so of Benedita: Alcobaça Monastery (14 km), Obidos (18 km), Nazare (22 km), Praia do Norte, Nazaré (22 km).
The nearest famous roads are Tram 28 Route, Lisbon, Sintra–Cascais Coast Road (N247) and Estrada Marginal (N6).
Benedita is in Leiria, Portugal, about 4 km from Turquel.
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8 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
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.
14 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
A fairy-tale walled medieval town of whitewashed houses with blue and yellow trim, famous for its ginjinha cherry liqueur.
18 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
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
The beach where a submarine canyon generates record-breaking waves, overlooked by the Forte de São Miguel Arcanjo.
22 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
A Gothic and Manueline masterpiece built to commemorate the 1385 Battle of Aljubarrota, with its famous Unfinished Chapels.
29 km · about 35 min drive
cathedral
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.
34 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
A remote archipelago nature reserve off Peniche with crystal waters, sea caves, and a dramatic 17th-century island fortress.
46 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
A UNESCO-listed former Knights Templar headquarters with a remarkable blend of Romanesque, Gothic, Manueline, and Renaissance architecture.
51 km · about 60 min drive
5 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
April to October
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