Tomar is a pretty riverside town with a grid of cobbled streets and a huge square with a black and white stoned floor.
Towering above the town on a hillside are the crenellated walls of the Unesco World Heritage–listed Convento de Cristo, which was the headquarters of the legendary Knights Templar nearly nine centuries ago.
The amazing 6-kilometer-long Pegões Aqueduct was built to direct water to Tomar and, in particular, the Convent of Christ. Comprised of two levels of arches, it is one of the largest aqueducts in Portugal.
