Mejores Tours de Alcoba, un monasterio en Julio

One of Portugal’s greatest and most historic monasteries is this UNESCO World Heritage Site that was founded in 1153 by Afonso Henriques, first king of Portugal. Alcobaça Monastery is a masterpiece of Cistercian Gothic architecture that dominates the town of the same name. Behind its baroque façade is a forest of 12th-century arches, a monkish church, a refectory and a large dormitory.