Este nome RIBATEJO/ This name RIBATEJO

It is the only Portuguese region that does not have the sea or any border with Spain. None like it is, therefore, so far inside the country.

Low and wide land, very easy to travel, it has always been more a place of passage than a place of permanence. Hence the diversity of elements that make up its culture, the result of multiple influences that have arrived here and time has melted.

Its name is the Tejo (Tagus river) that runs through it from end to end and gives it life and meaning. It is a land of nearby waters and a complex relationship with them. But it is not limited to the image of the lezíria, the meadows, the horses and the bulls to which they sometimes try to reduce it. It has other worlds in itself and wider horizons.

Ribatejo we called it a beautiful name they gave it.

Santarém

In spite of Ribatejo extending for different areas, including Lisboa district, the biggest portion of it is located in the district of Santarém. Santarém is also the name of the capital city of this district also known as The National Capital of the Gothic. This is one of the biggest districts in Portugal with 21 municipalities and every one has it's own characteristics that should be explored carefully.

Here emphasised the beautiful Coventos de São Francisco e de Santa Clara e a Igreja da Graça. Portas do Sol Garden overlooking Tagus river is also very emblematic and memorable.