Take this full-day historic private tour to explore the famous Caves of Mira de Aire Tour that were discovered in 1947, are the largest caves in the country, measuring more than 11,500 meters. Inside you can found petrified bones of animals that lived in the Quaternary period with over 2.6 million years old, and outside you still can see with your own eyes the footprints of the Dinosaurs.
After recovering your energies you can discover the Mafra Palace Tour with about 1,200 rooms and with more than 4,700 doors and windows, and 156 stairways. The building consisted of a friary capable of sheltering 330 friars, along with a royal palace and a huge library of 30,000 books, embellished with marble, exotic woods and countless artworks taken from France, Flanders and Italy, which included six monumental pipe organs and the two carillons.
Mira D’aire Caves
Mira D’aire Caves
Mira D’aire Caves
Mira D’aire Caves
Vale de Meios, Dinosaurs
Vale de Meios, Dinosaurs
Foz do Arelho
Foz do Arelho
Foz do Arelho
Mafra Palace
Mafra Palace
Mafra Palace