Alcobaça (altitude: 42m/138ft.), about 20km/12mi south of Batalha and known by the Romans as Eburobriga, is charmingly set between two little rivers, the Alcoa and the Baça, below the ruins of a Moorish castle. Its principal attraction is its magnificent Cistercian abbey.
Alcobaça is the cultural and economic heart of a large and fertile
agricultural region (fruit canning), first brought under cultivation by St Bernard's monks in the 14th C.
The town is noted for its blue painted pottery which, with other handicrafts, can be found on sale in the square fronting the abbey.
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