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Santo Tirso is a city and municipality in the north of Portugal, near Porto. It has a history of textile industry, a benedictine monastery and a Mediterranean climate.
Santo Tirso is a cosmopolitan city in the North of Portugal, with contemporary art, history and green spaces. Discover its monuments, museums, churches, parks and gastronomy in this guide.
Discover Santo Tirso, a city in the Northwest of Portugal that combines ancient and modern attractions, from Roman ruins to contemporary art. Explore its landscape, culture, gastronomy and architecture, and visit its famous museums and monuments.
- Mosteiro de Santo Tirso
- Santuário de Nossa Senhora Da Assunção, Monte Córdova
- Parque Urbano Da Rabada
- Castro Do Monte Padrão
- Parque D. Maria II
- Museu Municipal Abade Pedrosa
- Museu Internacional de Escultura Contemporânea
- Parque Do Ribeiro Do Matadouro
- Termas Das Caldas Da Saúde
- Igreja de São Pedro de Roriz
In the centre of town on the left bank of the Ave River, this monastery was established in 978. The present architecture dates to a rebuild from the middle of the 17th century. The monastery’s beautiful outbuildings are now city offices, amenities and private residences, but are worth seeing from the outside. You can get into the cloister, with sem...
If you take the sinuous country road out of Santo Tirso to the southeast you’ll climb the Monte de Nossa Senhora da Assunção. From the terrace up here you can see Santo Tirso, the open Ave Valley and even as far as the Atlantic when the weather’s clear. Facing west, the sunsets are as idyllic as can be, and you can also get onto a signposted trail ...
Little by little over the last decade Santo Tirso has been given a new park that nestles in a meander on the Ave. It’s an enticing green environment of oak trees and cork oaks, and with new facilities installed in stages since 2010. The park is scattered with public art by some high-profile international artists like Wang Keping, Pino Castagna and ...
One of the peaks mounting to the southeast of Santo Tirso has the mysterious ruins of a Bronze Age citadel-village. There are many of these sites in the north of Portugal, but Castro do Monte Padrão is pretty remarkable for its preservation and the length of time it was inhabited. The oldest ruins are from the 9th century BC and there are signs of ...
This delightful park is in the middle of the town was first landscaped in the 1870s. The plantain and ginkgo trees alone give you an idea of the age of the site, climbing high above the park and affording generous shade in the summer. The cute gazebo, teahouse and genteel esplanade are all from the park’s earliest years. There’s a small pond with d...
This museum is housed in a wing of the monastery, in a beautiful, elongated building that used to be a lodge for pilgrims. It’s a handsome 18th-century structure with a cellar and granary still intact. Along a lengthy corridor there’s a small but engaging assortment of artefacts dug up at archaeological sites in and near Santo Tirso. You can inspec...
Just unveiled in 2016, this museum is in an angular modern building joining with the municipal museum. It was designed by Álvaro Siza and Pritzker winner Souto de Moura and catalogues Santo Tirso’s modern public art. There have been ten public art symposiums in the town since 1991, leaving 54 works by 53 different artists (we’ve mentioned some of t...
The last of our parks is in a regenerated area to the south of the centre, linking the old Quita do Tapado estate with the fabric of the town. It took shape in 2013, and features state-of-the-art urban design. The most eye-catching part is the Rota das Esculturas, which is in the spirit of Santo Tirso’s public art heritage. There are strange fibreg...
Across the River, on the road to Vila Nova de Famalicão is a natural hot spring that emerges at a temperature of 36°C. It has been channelled into a fountain, and gives off quite a strong sulphuric smell. Beside the fountain is the thermal spa, which has been in business since 1891. The waters are claimed to be good for musculoskeletal issues, arth...
This enigmatic Romanesque church is a National Monument, and was constructed by the Augustinians on land granted by King Afonso Henriques. Built over a few decades starting in the late 1100s, the work was done to a high standard and its stonework has stood the test of time: The scallop shell motifs on the capitals in the portal indicate that this w...
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Situated in the valley of the River Ave, this town first developed around the monastery of São Bento, founded in the tenth century, which was also known as Santo Tirso de Riba de Ave. The region's largest religious festival is held here every July in honour of São Bento (St. Benedict).
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