Miradouro do Almourol

Miradouro do Almourol is a scenic viewpoint in Praia do Ribatejo, Vila Nova da Barquinha Municipality, Santarém District. Miradouro do Almourol is situated nearby to the monastery Convento de Nossa Senhora do Loreto, as well as near the railway stop Tancos Halt.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Almourol and Almourol Train Station.

Almourol

Islet

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Almourol is an islet in the Tagus river, in the Portuguese civil parish of Praia do Ribatejo, Oeste e Vale do Tejo region. The small island lies in the middle of the Tagus, a few kilometres below its confluence with the Zêzere River. Almourol is situated 280 metres north of Miradouro do Almourol.

Almourol Train Station

Railway station

Photo: Antero Pires, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Almourol Train Station is a railway station, which is situated 1 km east of Miradouro do Almourol.

Tancos Halt

Railway stop

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Tancos Halt is a railway stop, which is situated 1 km west of Miradouro do Almourol.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tancos and Arripiado.

Tancos

Village

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Tancos is a Portuguese freguesia, located in the municipality of Vila Nova da Barquinha. The population in 2011 was 243, in an area of 2.04 km2. It had high media exposure in 2017 due to the Tancos arms theft scandal.

Arripiado

Hamlet

Arripiado is a village in the Parish of Carregueira in the northern county of Chamusca near the southern bank of the River Tagus in Portugal. It is in this town that the wetland of Ribatejana begins.