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Convento
de Cristo
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Tomar
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Convento
de Cristo
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PRESENTATION
INFORMATION AVAILABLE
Together with the Templar Castle of Tomar, founded
by Gualdim Pais (1118-1195), the Master of the Order
of the Temple in Portugal, the Convento de Cristo
forms a unique monumental group of buildings, in
which are to be found some of the most important
references in Portuguese architecture from the 12th
to the 18th century. In this series of buildings, attention is drawn to the Romanesque Charola (Rotunda),
inspired upon the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, the
Manueline window in the Upper Choir and the Main
Cloister – one of the most important works from the
European Renaissance
Signs (Portuguese and English). Leaflet
(Portuguese, English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Japanese) – €1.00. Multimedia Kiosks (2)
inside – €1.00
OPENING TIMES
ACCESS
Access for people with reduced mobility on the
ground floor, with a special entrance (service to be
requested in the reception or booked in advance)
Multimedia kiosk adapted for the blind.
PARKING
For cars: available close to the castle entrance
and the north wing, with spaces for 50 vehicles.
Parking is free. For coaches: available close to
the castle entrance and the north wing, with
spaces for 10 coaches. Parking is free
October to May
9.00 am – 5.30 pm, (last admission at 5.00 pm)
June to September
9.00 am – 6.30 pm, (last admission at 6.00 pm)
Closed on Mondays and:
— January 1st
— Easter Sunday
— May 1st
— December 25th
CLOAKROOM
TICKETS AND PRICES
SHOP
Individual Ticket: 6,00 €
Combined Ticket: Heritage Route (Alcobaça,
Batalha, Convento de Cristo): €15.00
50% Discount:
— Visitors over 65 or disabled users
— Families with two or more children aged
— 15–18, provided that they are accompanied
— by at least one parent
60% Discount: Holders of the Youth Card
Free Admission:
— Sundays and Bank Holidays until 2.00 pm
— Journalists and Tourism Professionals
(duly accredited and when working)
— Holders of the Lisboa Card (consisting of tickets
that can be bought in advance on the internet
at www.askmelisboa.com or from Lisbon Region
Tourist Information Offices).
Open at same times as the Convent. Items on
sale: postcards, publications of an academic and
educational nature and reproductions of pieces
from the collections of IGESPAR monuments.
Shop of the Monastic World: specialises in highquality regional products
Not available
CAFÉ
Open at same times as the Convent
DOCUMENTATION CENTRE
Consultations to be booked in advance
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Groups / Services provided for the Organisation of Events
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SIZE OF GROUP
GUIDED VISITS
Minimum 20 and maximum 50 people
Must be booked in advance. Minimum size of
groups: 15/20 people, although they may be
smaller when there are less visitors
Price: € 6.00
— The Great Work of João de Castilho at the
Convento de Cristo
— Manueline Art in the Convento de Cristo
— 16th-century painting and sculpture in the
Rotunda
— Iconography of the Manueline Window in the
Chapter House
— Templar Castle: Citadel and Fortress
— Convento de Cristo by Night
Tours in French, English and Spanish
VISITING TIMES
Same as the Convent’s opening hours, although
these may be extended when booked in advance,
terms to be agreed
PRICES
100 to 200 tickets – 5% discount
201 to 500 tickets – 10% discount
More than 501 tickets – 20% discount
Tickets should be purchased at least
24 hours in advance
No refund available on returned tickets
THEMATIC TOURS
OWN CATERING
Must be booked in advance, terms to be agreed
(average length of each tour roughly 1 ½ hours)
— The Spirit of the Place (looks at the theme of
the religious and military orders – the Order of
the Temple and the Order of Christ)
— The Templar Route (Tomar Castle, Igreja de
Santa Maria do Olival, castles of Cêras, Almourol
and Dornes)
— The Water Tour (Pegões Aqueduct and the
Convent’s Cisterns – can be extended to
include the Rotunda and King’s Throne in Mata
dos 7 Mares, former Convent Wall)
— The Renaissance Route (Convento de Cristo,
Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Igreja
de Santa Iria and the Gregório Lopes Paintings in
the Igreja de São João Baptista)
Not available
EVENTS PERMITTED
Meals, receptions, conferences, musical recitals or
poetry readings, book launches, formal acts, activities
of a cultural nature, exhibitions, promotional events.
To be arranged in advance, terms to be agreed
SPECIAL MEALS
— Medieval dinners
— Renaissance dinners
Held in the refectory (for groups of more than
100 people) or in the Sala das Talhas
(for smaller groups)
OTHER EQUIPMENT
Not available
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Services provided for the Organisation of Events
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PRIVATE VISITS
These may be organised outside the normal opening hours. To be booked in advance, terms to be
agreed. The average size of groups is 30 people,
with the cost being €12.00 per person, to which is
added the cost of paying the Convent’s staff for
their overtime work.
— Course of the Lisbon Academy of Ancient
Music: Takes place every year during the first
fortnight in August.
Various concerts are held under the scope of the
Course of the Lisbon Academy of Ancient Music.
The programme may be consulted at www.academia-musicantiga.pt
ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED
OWN CATERING
Musical concerts and theatre plays, put on either
by the Convento de Cristo or in partnership with
outside organisations.
To be discussed and arranged in advance
PERMANENT PERFORMANCES
— The Name of the Rose: Play performed by the
Fatias de Cá theatrical company, lasting 5 hours.
Includes a tour of the monument and 5 meal
breaks. Every Sunday at 5.17 pm. Interrupted
in August.
— Hamlet: Play performed by the Fatias de Cá
theatrical company, lasting 2½ hours. Includes
dinner. Every Saturday at 6.18 pm. Interrupted
in the Summer.
Tickets for both plays cost €30.00 per person.
Bookings can be made on the website
www.fatiasdeca.net
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Spaces available
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SPACE
AREA
CHARACTERISTICS
CAPACITY
Horta dos Frades
(Kitchen Garden)
85 x 40 m
Outdoors, hard earth
floor. Access to
electricity and water
supply
500 seats
Praça das Armas
3000 m2
Claustro
Dom João III
(Cloister)
35 x 35 m
Claustro da Hospedaria (Cloister)
37 x 28 m
Claustro dos Corvos
Claustro da Micha
30 x 28 m
36 x 29 m
Refeitório
dos Frades
(Refectory)
33 x 9 m
Stone walls, brick tiled
floor. Access to electricity and water supply
180 seats
Sala das Talhas
14 x 14 m
Walls covered with painted plaster, stone slab
floor. Access to electricity and water supply
60 seats
EQUIPMENT
300 seats
Stone walls and floor.
Access to electricity
and water supply
100 seats
50 seats
200 seats
Casa do Forno
(with annex)
14 x 14 m
Walls covered with painted plaster, pebblestone
floor. Access to electricity and water supply
80 seats
Wine Cellar
33 x 9 m
Walls covered with
painted plaster, stone
floor. Access to electricity and water supply
200 seats
Scriptorium
22 x 8 m
Painted plaster walls,
stone paved floor.
Access to electricity
and water supply
170 seats
Capela dos Reis
Magos
14 x 14 m
Sala do Noviciado 1
Sala do Noviciado 2
14 x 11 m
14 x 14 m
Exhibition Rooms
(9 interconnected rooms)
160 m2
Concert Rooms
(Sala da Cabeça, annexe to the Notary’s
Office in the Claustro
da Hospedaria)
6 x 12 m
(each)
Plastered masonry
walls, brick tiled floor.
Access to electricity
and water supply
40 seats
Café
(dining-room
and kitchen)
15 x 15 m
and 15 x 7 m
Painted plaster walls,
brick tiled floor. Access
to electricity and
water supply
70 seats
130 seats
Painted plaster walls,
brick tiled floor. Access
to electricity and
water supply
100 seats
500 people standing
The monument has
100 chairs for
conference audiences,
100 chairs for outside
use, 100 chairs for use
in the refectory if
needed and 8 wooden
dining-tables, which
may be allocated to any
space if necessary.
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Information
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USEFUL INFORMATION
OTHER CONTACTS
How to get there: A1 Motorway Lisbon/Porto –
exit at Torres Novas; A23 – exit for Tomar – IC3
or EN 110. Trunk Road – from Leiria EN13;
from Coimbra EN 110
Ticket sales: at the Convent and/or
by e-mail at [email protected]
Means of payment: cash, Visa card, direct debit
card and cheque
Entidade Regional de Turismo de Lisboa
e Vale do Tejo (Lisbon and Vale do Tejo
Regional Tourist Authority)
Telephone: +351 243.330.330
E-mail: [email protected]
CONTACTS
Name: Iria Esteves Caetano
Position: Director
Address: Igreja do Castelo Templário,
2300 Tomar, Portugal
Telephone: + 351 249.313.481
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.igespar.pt
Câmara Municipal de Tomar
(Tomar Municipal Council)
Telephone: +351 249.329.810
Site: www.cm-tomar.org