This Week in Tomar · Edition 3

11 – 17 October 2026

Published 11 October 2026 · Open the magazine →

Spotlight · Feira de Santa Iria 2026

Four hundred years of Santa Iria, and a new festival

400 years of the fair, the first Iria Music Fest, a procession to the river. Opens Friday.

The Feira de Santa Iria was created by royal charter in 1626, and this year it turns 400. From Friday 16 to Sunday 25 October it fills the Várzea Grande, opening on the 16th at 17:00 at the Convento de São Francisco.

New for the anniversary is the Iria Music Fest in the Várzea Grande tent: Padre Guilherme on the 16th, Chico da Tina on the 17th, Quinta do Bill on the 20th, Ivandro on the 21st, GNR and Karetus on the 23rd, FH5 and Bárbara Tinoco on the 24th.

Getting into the fair is free every day. Concerts need a ticket on the 16th (€10) and on the 17th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th (€7 each), or the €25 Passe Geral for all six. Under-12s go free, and the 18th, 19th, 20th and 25th are free nights.

Tuesday 20 is Dia de Santa Iria: Mass at 09:00 at Santa Maria do Olival, then the procession at 10:00 to the Ponte Velha, where petals are thrown into the Nabão. Come for a night of music, the Urban Race on Saturday 17, or the petals on the river.

When

16–25 October 2026

Where

Várzea Grande, Tomar

The fair

Free entry every day

Concerts

€10 (16th), €7 a night · Passe Geral €25

Feira de Santa Iria 2026 →

Sources: Câmara Municipal de Tomar

What's on this week

1. Tuesday 13 Oct · 21:30

   Templar parade for Gualdim Pais

   Alameda Um de Março → Praça da República · Free

   Thomar Honoris and the OPCTJ walk from the Alameda Um de Março along the Corredoura to his statue in the Praça. Free.

   More information →

2. Sunday 11 Oct · 09:30

   Campeonato dos Castelos

   Castelo de Tomar

   A historic bow and crossbow tournament at the Templar castle, run by Thomar Honoris with the national archers' federation.

   More information →

3. Monday 12 Oct · 15:00

   The Capela dos Valle altarpiece, restored

   Laboratório d'Artes — CEFT, Casa dos Cubos

   The conservation work on the altarpiece in the Santa Iria church is presented, a week before Dia de Santa Iria.

   More information →

4. Friday 16 Oct · 17:00

   Opening night of the Feira de Santa Iria

   Convento de São Francisco → Várzea Grande · Free

   Official opening at 17:00 at the Convento de São Francisco, then a walk to the fair; Padre Guilherme in the tent at 22:30 (€10).

   More information →

The week's news

• Eight more affordable-rent flats planned at Choromela

  The Câmara approved a four-storey block of T1 and T3 flats. Applications for affordable rent in Choromela and Marmelais close on 23 October.

  Source: mediotejo.net

• Post delays now hold up pensions by mail

  Some pensioners are collecting letters at the CTT centre themselves. The postal workers' union says Tomar is 12 staff short.

  Source: Rádio Hertz

• Avenida Cândido Madureira to be resurfaced by year's end

  Mayor Tiago Carrão says the avenue, on the Tabuleiros route, will be paved this year, and the cobbled crossings on the Alameda Um de Março replaced.

  Source: Rádio Hertz

• Councillors split over the fair's fenced concert nights

  PS councillors say local associations lose out on ticketed nights; councillor Samuel Fontes, for the executive, says they have been kept informed.

  Source: Rádio Hertz

• First step towards a business park at Vale dos Ovos

  The Câmara unanimously began a PDM change to turn rural land near the IC9 into an area for businesses. Public consultation comes later.

  Source: mediotejo.net

• Pegões aqueduct: fears of a new collapse this winter

  The Carregueiros parish president warns of serious stability problems. The Câmara will pay about €30,000 for an in-depth LNEC inspection.

  Source: Rádio Hertz

• Old Labour Court on Largo do Pelourinho could become a museum

  The Câmara is buying the building for about €900,000 to house a collection that may be donated; restoring it would cost about €1.6 million.

  Source: Rádio Hertz

Coming next week

• Sun 18 Oct Dia da Família at the fair: Pão de Ló and bouncy castles at 14:00, folk dancing at 20:30. Free.
• Mon 19 Oct Noite de Fados, then DJ JBK, in the fair tent. Free.
• Tue 20 Oct Dia de Santa Iria: procession at 10:00 to the Ponte Velha; Quinta do Bill at night, free.
• Fri 23 Oct GNR and Karetus on the Iria Music Fest stage (€7).
• Sat 24 Oct FH5, Bárbara Tinoco and I Love The 90's (€7). The clocks go back that night.