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This Week in Tomar · Edition 5

25 – 31 October 2026

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The game's title over its three rounds (Praça da República, Mouchão, Convento de Cristo), sponsored by Santa Iria Café

Spotlight · Hey Zombie, Give Me a Treat!

Tomar's own Halloween game is out

Pão-por-Deus meets Halloween in a free game set in Tomar, with a prize from Santa Iria Café.

On Pão-por-Deus, children go door to door asking for bread and treats. "Hey Zombie, Give Me a Treat!" mixes that tradition with Halloween: pick a little Templar, grab the treats the tias hand out before the zombies eat them, and use your sword to turn the zombies back into neighbours. It's free at vamostomar.pt/halloween.

There are three rounds in real Tomar places: the Praça da República and the São João Baptista church; the Mouchão and its water wheel, hopping across the Nabão, with the Santa Iria Café by the Ponte Velha; and the Convento de Cristo, where a Zombie Templar waits by the cloister.

The competition runs until Saturday 31 October at 23:59. The top score wins a voucher worth up to €10 at Santa Iria — Café Bistrot, offered by the café. It's a game of skill, not luck: everyone plays the same rounds. Ages 13+ (13–17 with a parent's consent). The winner is announced on 1 November.

To enter: 1) play in Competition mode; 2) at the end tap "Make an Instagram post", type your @, then Copy caption and Save image; 3) post the image with the caption exactly as it is by 31 Oct, 23:59; 4) one entry per person. Rules in the game. Not sponsored, endorsed or run by Instagram.

When
24–31 Oct · winner 1 Nov
Prize
Voucher up to €10 at Santa Iria Café
Who
Free · ages 13+
Where
vamostomar.pt/halloween

The 400th fair's last day

Sunday is the Feira de Santa Iria's last day. Rádio Cidade de Tomar marks its 37th birthday in the Várzea Grande tent from 15:00, with José Cid, Nuno Ricky, Ricardo José, Mário Mata and the Tuna Templária, free. The antiques fair is at the Mercado Municipal from 10:00 to 22:00, and the clocks go back an hour overnight.

What's on this week

  1. Festival Zero opens with Vieira's sermon

    Capela de Santa Iria

    Espaço 0 – Teatro performs "Sermão aos peixes" in the Capela de Santa Iria, opening two weeks of theatre, photography and poetry.

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  2. National field archery championship

    Regimento de Infantaria 15

    Bow and crossbow archers from around Portugal compete at the Regimento de Infantaria 15, organised by Thomar Honoris.

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  3. VI Mostra Criativa opens

    Laboratório d'Artes — CEFT, Casa dos Cubos

    Final-year students of the Universidade Politécnica de Tomar show their work at the Casa dos Cubos, on until 27 December.

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  4. JATO's horror escape room

    Sociedade Filarmónica Gualdim Pais

    "A Convidada": 60 minutes to solve the puzzles, for teams of 2 to 5, ages 14+. €6–9 a person; booking needed.

    More information →

The week's news

Did you know…

The red cross on the sails of Portugal's caravels is the cross of the Order of Christ, based in Tomar. Henry the Navigator governed the order from 1420, and its money helped pay for the voyages.

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