Quintas

Quintas is a hamlet in União das freguesias de Venda do Pinheiro e Santo Estêvão das Galés, Mafra, Lisbon District. Quintas is situated nearby to the hamlet Avessada, as well as near Vale de Uge.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Limestone pavement and Malveira train station.

Limestone pavement

Nature reserve

A limestone pavement is a natural karst landform consisting of a flat, incised surface of exposed limestone that resembles an artificial pavement. The term is mainly used in the UK and Ireland, where many of these landforms have developed distinctive surface patterning resembling paving blocks. Limestone pavement is situated 4 km south of Quintas.

Malveira train station

Railway station

Photo: Rúdisicyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Malveira train station is a railway station.

Mafra station

Railway station

Photo: Tuválkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mafra station is a railway station, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Quintas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Venda do Pinheiro and Negrais.

Venda do Pinheiro

Town

Venda do Pinheiro is a small town in the municipality of Mafra, northern Lisbon district, Portugal. It was the head of a civil parish until the 2013 reform, when it was merged into Venda do Pinheiro and Santo Estêvão das Galés parish. Venda do Pinheiro is situated 3½ km northeast of Quintas.