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Caldas da Rainha - Parque Dom Carlos I

The origins of the spa park, the Parque Dom Carlos I, also go back to Queen Leonor. Nowadays it has beautiful gardens, fine old trees, and a small lake in the center.

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Ceramic Museum
The Ceramic Museum is housed in an attractive villa on the edge of the park. Exhibits include works by Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro (1847-1905), who ran a ceramic workshop in Caldas da Rainha for a while.
The pottery housed in the Museu de Cerâmica comes not only from Caldas de Rainha, but also from other parts of Portugal.
Address
Ceramic Museum
Quinta do Visconde de Santarém
Rua Dr. Ilídio Amado
2504-910 Caldas da Rainha
Caldas da Rainha
Portugal
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
OpenClosed10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Close 12:3012:3012:3012:3012:3012:30
Open 14:0014:0014:0014:0014:0014:00
Close 17:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:00
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Anniversity of the Revolution - Portugal (April 25)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
National Day - Portugal (June 10)
Assumption Day - Christian (August 15)
Republic Day - Portugal (October 5)
All Saints' Day - Christian (November 1)
Feast of the Immaculate Conception (December 8)
Independence Day - Portugal (December 1)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Good Friday - Christian (Apr 06)
Corpus Christi - Christian (Jun 10)
Guides
Guided tour available as optional extra.
Museu de José Malhôa
The pavilion in the park houses the Museu de José Malhôa containing modern Portuguese sculpture and paintings, including works by Malhôa who was born in Caldas da Rainha in 1855.
Address
Museu de Jose Malhoa
Parque D. Carlos I
2500-109 Caldas da Rainha

Portugal
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
OpenClosed10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Close 12:3012:3012:3012:3012:3012:30
Open 14:0014:0014:0014:0014:0014:00
Close 17:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:00
Disabled
Partial facilities for persons with disabilities.
Guides
Guided tour available as optional extra.
Workshop Museum
In modern buildings opposite the Ceramic Museum are two further museums dedicated to famous sons of the town. They are the workshop museum of the portrait and decorative sculptor António Duarte, born here in 1912, and also that of sculptor Joao Fragoso (b. 1913).
Address
Workshop Museum - Caldas da Rainha
Rua Dr. Ilídio Amado
2500-217 Caldas da Rainha

Portugal
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
OpenClosed
Close
Disabled
Partial facilities for persons with disabilities.
Guides
Guided tour available as optional extra.
Parque Dom Carlos in Caldas da Rainha.
Boats in Parque Dom Carlos in Caldas da Rainha.
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