Top 10 Hidden Gems Things to do in Leiria District, Central Portugal

JUSTDIVE is a young and versatile Scuba School & Dive Center in Peniche, that want to share with you the passion for the sea through underwater activities. We create unique experiences for all who wish to know a little of the mysterious blue world, providing unforgettable moments of learning, living and well being.

Tugabuddies is a sightseeing tour agency operating mainly in the Center and West regions of Portugal. We have been creating and delivering customized tours since April 2016, focusing on carefully preparing each experience to meet every customer’s personal expectations and tastes.

With the best location in Portugal and in the most consistent zone of waves in Europe, Peniche Surf School offers its students a healthy practice mode supported by the pedagogic guidelines agreed with the educational level of their students. Due to its geographical location, Peniche offers good waves all year round is known worldwide as the place where happens annually the ASP Rip Curl Pro.

With generations of tradition in wine production, the winery Quinta dos Capuchos integrates an older building (1916), which together with a part of the Quinta de Santa Thereza was purchased (in 1925) for a great-grandfather of the current owners. In the older building with mills 1933, 1962 and 2015 use a traditional registration (fermentation open tank with feet action), for the production of the top red wines. The grapes are harvested by hand (with carefully selected in the vineyard), transported in small containers and then transported to the winery, having to arrive intact and in perfect condition (grapes that could serve to eat in the cellar).We do wine touristic visits to the vineyards and cave, as well as some events like corporate events or lunch (minimum 20 persons). We are a small wine company that loves receiving its guests and clients and sharing knowledge and endogenous experiences. For our guests that stay at Casa Velha or Casa da Adega, we basic breakfast ingredient.

This tour takes you to the heart of Obidos region and with a history linked to wine and sparkling wine production dating back to the XV Century, the Quinta dos Loridos estate is a unique place, where tranquillity and nature play a special role. It is from these vineyards that the grapes are picked for the production of top quality sparkling wines - those of the Loridos brand . Produced in the age old winery, a rod-press dating from the XVII Century can still be found here. The Classic Method ("Methode Champenoise") is used to produce the wine, the whole process of which is conducted manually. This is followed by a period of ageing in the cellar. The surroundings of the cellar perfectly complement its purpose: terraced gardens, a lake, a forest, vineyards, and the largest oriental gardens in Europe, the impressive Buddha Eden. Buddha Eden Garden: With circa 35 hectares, the garden was created and devised by the Comendador Jose Berardo, in response to the destruction of the Buddhas of Banyan, in which one of the greatest acts of cultural barbarity took place, erasing masterpieces of late-period Gandhara art. From Buddhas , pagodas, terracotta statues and the various carefully-placed sculptures which can be found among the gardens, it is estimated that some six thousand tons of marble and granite were used to create this monumental work of art. There are seven hundred hand-painted terracotta soldiers, each of them unique, copies of those which were buried, some of them 2,200 years ago. At the central lake, KOI (Japanese carp) fish can be seen, and sculpted dragons rise out of the water. The central staircase is the focal point of the garden, where the golden Buddhas offer you a calm welcome. This is the Quinta dos Loridos estate, a place which awakens the senses...

We have the following services: Surf lessons;- Kite surfing lessons;- Paddle (SUP) lessons.

Inaugurated on 21 August 2008 during the commemorations for the Bicentenary of the Battle of Vimeiro, the Battle of Vimeiro Interpretation Center can be found on the Hill above Vimeiro, next to the Monument celebrating the 1st Centenary of the battle. Multifunctional in nature, the Center brings together museum exhibitions, archaeological artifacts, period documents and virtual information with emphasis on interactivity. Strategically positioned, the Interpretation Center provides visitors with na almost complete view of the battlefield.