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Moinhos de Porto Santo
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ER233
9400-025, Porto Santo
A group of small windmills where the cereals where ground in the days of old. Currently there are only three windmills left in Porto Santo.
Igreja Matriz de Porto Santo / Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Piedade
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Largo do Pelourinho
9400, Porto Santo
A mannerist and rococo church, built in the 16th century and composed of a sole nave and a lower and narrower high altar. By the façade, one can also find a bell tower and a sacristy.
Passeio de Carriola no Porto Santo
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Avenida Doutor Manuel Gregório Pestana Júnior
9400, Porto Santo
A small horse carriage that makes tourist strolls and shows th entire island of Porto Santo in a comfortable and original manner.
Quinta das Palmeiras
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Estrada das Pedras Vermelhas - Campo de Cima
9400-235, Porto Santo
A rather beautiful farm with lush vegetation, a mini-zoo with numerous birds and a mini-botanical garden.
Ermida de São Sebastião
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Rua José Malhoa
2500, Caldas da Rainha
Chapel built in the late 15th century, having been remodelled in the 18th century. The southern façade boasts a stone with carved rosette. Inside has wooden ceiling in the nave and the chancel Vault. Rectilinear, simple façades with figurative tiles flooring, 17th century.
Casa Museu São Rafael
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Rua Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, 53
2500-246, Caldas da Rainha
Museums installed in the former workshop of work by Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro. Here we find exposed a vast collection of ceramics from the Factory Bordalo Pinheiro.
Museu do Ciclismo
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Rua de Camões, 57
2500-107, Caldas da Rainha
Inaugurado em 1999, este museu apresenta um espólio relacionado com a história do ciclismo nacional.
Chafariz das Cinco Bicas
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Rua do Diário de Notícias
2500, Caldas da Rainha
Fountain with back monumental well cut. The central body is crowned by pinnacles, and flanked by volutes. The water jets for five in a niche with three spouts overlapping cups.
Museu do Hospital e das Caldas
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Rua Rodrigo Berquó
2500-246, Caldas da Rainha
Installed in the former "Caza" (so named for having assisted the Rainha Santa Isabel) this museum worked for many years as a hospital. In 1861 he suffered rehabilitation works, in charge of the engineer Pedro José Pezarat, passing the function as accommodation of the directors of the institution and of the Royal family. In 1992 suffered new works, which transformed it into a museum.
Edifício do Hospital Termal Dona Rainha Leonor
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Largo Rainha Dona Leonor
2500-174, Caldas da Rainha
Pombaline architecture and neoclassical building, with construction and repairs over the centuries XV, XVIII and XIX. Early visitors were attracted by the architecture of the Spa, British style, where the greatest work is the Thermal Hospital. A complex of 1485, sponsored by King John II's wife, Queen Leonor. It is considered one of the first works of what later will be called "Manueline".