PALMELA HEART LAND

PALMELA - SETÚBAL - LISBON (40 minutes from Lisbon airport)

Medieval Historical Village, located in the heart of the Arrábida Natural Park (biogenetic reserve located on the Setúbal peninsula), also encompassing the municipalities of Setúbal and Sesimbra.

PALMELA CASTLE ARRÁBIDA CONVENT Capital of Moscatel Wine Serra Mar and Beaches Cultural village linked to music, grape farming, vintage and medieval festivals. Noteworthy are the Harvest Festival and the Medieval Fair Cheese and Tile Land

Train, Bus and Car Access With free parking 5 Km from Setúbal - 10 m 15 km from Azeitão - 15 m 25 km from Sesimbra - 25 m 35 Km from Lisbon - 35 m Inhabited since prehistoric times, Palmela presents traces of the various cultures that have passed through here.

Stage of the struggles of the Christian conquest to the Moors, it is D. Afonso Henriques who attributes the first charter to him, in 1185.

The choice of Palmela Castle as the headquarters of the Military Order of Santiago de Espada for four centuries is a fundamental mark of its identity. Today, the Historic Center of the village of Palmela is a serene place, where the 21st century touches remote ages.

Among the people, the typical squares and the national monuments, Palmela is an encounter with History.

In the Historic Center memories are woven and affections are built from the unparalleled historical and heritage wealth of the Vila.

In Palmela, there is a pulse of life that invites you to explore each alley, each square, each stairway that points the way, vertiginously, to the promontory of the village - Castle-lighthouse that rises, imposing, sentinel between Tejo and Sado.

Heritage, housing, commerce, services, youth, cultural and sports associative movement, tradition, local products, knowledge spaces, business opportunities, leisure proposals, havens of tranquility.

The flag of the municipality is all purple to match the color of the Order of Santiago.