Santarém, Portugal · Europe
Ourém works well as a base: 10 minutes from Fátima, 41km from Nazare.
Ourém is in Santarém, Portugal, with about 13,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Fátima, about 6 km away.
Ourém (European Portuguese: [oˈɾɐ̃j] , locally [ɔˈɾɐ̃j]), formerly known as Vila Nova de Ourém, is a municipality in the district of Santarém in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 45,932, in an area of 416.68 km2.
The municipality of Ourém contains two cities: Ourém (about 12,000 residents) and Fátima (about 11,000Read more
inhabitants).
The municipality is bordered by the municipalities of Pombal (to the north), Alvaiázere (to the northeast), Ferreira do Zêzere and Tomar (to the east), Torres Novas (to the southeast), Alcanena (to the southwest), and Batalha and Leiria (to the west). The main historical attraction of the municipality is the mighty Castle of Ourém. Nevertheless, millions of faithful Catholics come to the parish of Fátima every year to visit Cova da Iria, the site where three child shepherds are said to have had visions of Our Lady of Fátima in 1917. The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima has become one of the largest religious tourism sites in the world.
The present Mayor is Luís Miguel Albuquerque, elected by the Social Democratic Party.
The municipal holiday is June 20.
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Within an hour or so of Ourém: Sanctuary of Fátima (7 km), Convento de Cristo, Tomar (15 km), Convent of Christ, Tomar (16 km), Batalha Monastery (20 km).
The nearest famous roads are N2: Portugal's Route 66, N339 Serra da Estrela and Torre Summit Road (N339), Serra da Estrela.
Ourém is in Santarém, Portugal, about 6 km from Fátima.
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8 notable places within an hour's 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.
7 km · about 15 min drive
landmark
A UNESCO-listed Templar monastery with a Manueline round church and the celebrated carved Chapter House window.
15 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
A UNESCO-listed former Knights Templar headquarters with a remarkable blend of Romanesque, Gothic, Manueline, and Renaissance architecture.
16 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
A Gothic and Manueline masterpiece built to commemorate the 1385 Battle of Aljubarrota, with its famous Unfinished Chapels.
20 km · about 25 min drive
castle
A Templar castle on a rocky island in the Tagus river, reached by short ferry from a riverside car park.
27 km · about 30 min 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.
35 km · about 40 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.
41 km · about 45 min drive
beach
The beach where a submarine canyon generates record-breaking waves, overlooked by the Forte de São Miguel Arcanjo.
42 km · about 50 min drive
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