INATEL Foz Do Arelho

In the past these buildings were the magnificent Francisco Almeida Grandella Palace, where Afonso Costa drew up the Law of Separation of Church and State during the 1st Republic. This region boasts a number of archaeology sites including prehistoric caves, Castros from the Copper Age, Roman settlements, Moorish castles, Roman aqueducts and bridges, Medieval churches and monasteries, 16th-century forts and 17th and 18th-century manor houses. The historical baths of Caldas da Rainha and the museum town of Óbidos are just a short hop away.