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Sleeping

3 Eurosol Residence D2

4 Hostel Leiria B4

5 Hotel Dom Dinis D3

6 Hotel Leiriense B3

Eating

7 A Toca B4

8 Cardamomo B3

9 Malagueta Afrodisíaca B3

10 Martin & Thomas B3

Drinking & Nightlife

11 Club Glam C3

12 Pharmácia B2

13 Suite B4

Sights

Castelo
( 244 813 982; www.cm-leiria.pt ; adult/child €2/1; 10am-6pm Tue-Sun Apr-Sep, to 5.30pm Oct-Mar) Inside
the walls of Leiria's castle is a peaceful overgrown garden and the ruined but still lovely
Gothic Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Penha . The castle's most spectacular feature, however, is a
gallery with small corner seats: a fantastic vantage point over the town's red-tiled roofs,
though the current structure is largely the result of over-eager 20th-century restoration.
This long-inhabited clifftop was fortified by the Moors. Captured by Afonso Henriques
in 1135, it was transformed into a royal residence for Dom Dinis in the 14th century.

CASTLE

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MUSEUM

(Museu da Imagem em Movimento; http://mimo.cm-leiria.pt ; Largo de São Pedro; adult/child €2.10/free;
10am-1pm & 2-5.30pm Mon-Fri, 2-5.30pm Sat; ) Just below the castle, this likeable museum fo-
cuses on the history of the moving image, with a fine collection of cine cameras and tem-