The unpretentious little town of Batalha (altitude: 70m/230ft), in a fertile basin of the Lena valley between Lisbon and Coimbra, would probably attract scarcely a visitor were it not for its internationally famous Dominican abbey.
Townscape
Nowadays Batalha is well equipped to cater for its visitors. Close to the abbey, around the newly built
pousada, there can be found a small shopping center and various cafes, with a permanent market on the square behind the abbey.
Apart from the abbey Batalha also boasts a number of 17th/18th C. houses and the parish church of Santa Cruz (1512), which has a superb doorway.