Alvados Grottoes

Explore the Alvados Grottoes located in the Serra d'Aire y Candeeiros Natural Park, Leiria, Portugal.

Alvados Grottoes
© Vítor Oliveira

The Alvados Grottoes are located 25 kilometres far fromFátima, between Alvados and Serra de Santo António Mountains, in the south of the N243 road, in the region of Leiria, Portugal.

Discovered in 1964, in the north side of the Pedra do Altar Hill, they offer a 450-metres tour along 10 rooms connected by artificial tunnels. Each one of them has its own crystalline-water lake.
Its golden walls and the great amount of stalactites and stalagmites connected in pillars make the place a unique one.

The largest of the rooms, 42 metres high, still preserves bones from animals that used to fell inside it.

More information:

Location:

Parque Natural de las Serras d'Aire y Candeeiros, Portugal.

Price:

Adults: 5,20€.
Children: 3€.

Opening hours:

From 10:00 to 17:30.

The guided tour takes approximately 35 minutes.

Telephone:

(+351) 244 440 878.

Mapa Interactivo:

Porto de Mós

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Why "Portugal Travel"?

Portugal Travel is an organization of Portuguese agencies whose objectives are:

✓ To make Portugal, its culture and its heritage known.
✓ To promote sustainable tourism.

In collaboration with:

Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril

Turismo de Portugal