historic highway
N2: Portugal's Route 66
Portugal's longest road runs 738 kilometers from Chaves to Faro through the country's rural heartland and Alentejo plains.
23 km · about 25 min drive
Leiria, Portugal · Europe
Pedrógão Grande is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Figueiró dos Vinhos, 55km from Castelo de Almourol.
Pedrógão Grande is a town located in Leiria, Portugal. With a population of 3,915, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Pedrógão Grande sits in Portugal, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Lisbon time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Pedrógão Grande to your route.
Pedrógão Grande (Portuguese pronunciation: [pɨˈðɾɔɣɐ̃w ˈɡɾɐ̃dɨ] ; Proto-Celtic: *Pendraganum) is a portuguese municipality in the historical Beira Litoral province, in Central Region and district of Leiria. The population in 2011 was 3,915 in an area of 128.75 km2 (49.71 sq mi).
The town itself has fewer than 2,000Read more
inhabitants, with the remaining population living in several small villages surrounded by forests. The town center contains historical provincial gentry housing. The earliest town charter dates to 1206, when rights to hold a market were conceded by Afonso Pedro, natural son of Afonso II of Portugal; however, the current municipality was established only in 1898. The present mayor is Valdemar Gomes Fernandes Alves, an independent elected in 2013 by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is July 24.
The municipality is located in a large region of granite and shale in the basin of the Zêzere and Unhais rivers and the streams of Pêra and Mega, currently enlarged by the reservoirs of two large dams: Cabril and Bouçã. It has a typical Mediterranean climate: winters are cold, the summers dry and torrid. The reservoirs have affected the local climate, making it more gentle. These waters are rich in fisheries including black bass, barbo, and boga.
The municipality and surrounding region has suffered in the 2017 Portugal wildfires, leaving 64 dead, over 250 injured and forty evacuated villages.
Storm Kristin caused a catastrophic impact in the municipality in January 2026.
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Pedrógão Grande is located in Leiria, Portugal, Europe. The coordinates are 39.9183 latitude, -8.1459 longitude.
Pedrógão Grande has a population of approximately 3,915 people, making it a town in Portugal.
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historic highway
Portugal's longest road runs 738 kilometers from Chaves to Faro through the country's rural heartland and Alentejo plains.
23 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
One of the oldest universities in continuous operation in the world, with a stunning Baroque library and UNESCO World Heritage status.
40 km · about 45 min drive
cathedral
A fortress-like 12th-century Romanesque cathedral in the old upper town of Coimbra, near the historic university.
40 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
A UNESCO-listed former Knights Templar headquarters with a remarkable blend of Romanesque, Gothic, Manueline, and Renaissance architecture.
42 km · about 50 min drive
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A UNESCO-listed Templar monastery with a Manueline round church and the celebrated carved Chapter House window.
42 km · about 50 min drive
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A schist village built in terraces on a steep Serra do Açor hillside, reached by a winding mountain road.
44 km · about 50 min drive
castle
A Templar castle on a rocky island in the Tagus river, reached by short ferry from a riverside car park.
55 km · about 65 min drive
cathedral
One of Catholicism's great modern pilgrimage sites, built where three shepherd children reported Marian apparitions in 1917: a vast esplanade twice the size of St Peter's Square links the 1953 basilica and the 9,000-seat Holy Trinity church.
55 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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