Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha
Guide
Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz · Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
≈ A$9MuseumAllow 45–75 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
The roofless Gothic church and cloister of a convent on the river's south bank, half sunk into the ground, with a small museum of what was dug up here.
A brief history
The river flooded it again and again for centuries until the nuns left in the 1600s; it lay half under water and silt until it was excavated in the 1990s and 2000s.
Tips
- Best time
- Afternoon, after a walk across the riverside park
- Cost
- About €5 (check)
- Allow
- 45–75 min
- Hours
- Usually 10:00–18:00, closed Mondays (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- Across the river: The Mondego's riverside park and the Santa Clara side of the bridge, with the old convents and views back at the town.
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Partly indoors
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