Fundação Batalha de Aljubarrota

I‘m a big fan of João I, I mean he is really a great king and a world changer. After him, after Infante D. Henrique, Portugal really changed the world. This museum to me is a must see, it explains how it all began. The movie about the battle Aljubarrota is very touching.Follow the instructions and imaging how the battle was fought is also very interesting.

This place really is a history lesson come to life! You could also watch the multimedia show in English (using electronic audio guides). The show is very entertaining, explaining the key points of the battle that birthed the trajectory of Portugal as a nation. The staff were very friendly and helpful. The text on the installations were a bit repetitive and differed a bit from the audio. Bathrooms well maintained. There are educator discounts!

What an extraordinary experience! History lecture through a 30 minute movie explaining how important the Battle of Aljubarrota was. Very well made, in a way that when you enter the movie theater, there is a scenery that makes you feel like you are part of the movie, and this is even before the movie starts! Plus, the museum is very well made and for an extra Euro you can have a walk through the battleground with a guide.

Knowing portuguese or having someone to help you with translation seems to be a must, still awesome!

Staff were very helpful. The audio guide is a great help. The movie was very well done, and suitable for all ages. We had a nice snack in the cafe, served by a nice lady.

The video presentation is definitely a must see. The historical background and the applied strategies are extremely well exposed.

Presentation video is excellent. Adventure park with ziplines amazing. Very friendly, professional and helpful staff.

If you're a history nerd, definitely budget a couple hours for this place! We only had an hour before close to catch the show and see the museum. We only got a fraction of the way through the audio guide. Really cool to see the actual location where such a historic battle was fought!

I agree with the comments below. This is a very well done interpretative center of the seminal battle in the 1380’s by the nascent Portuguese nation against the the much larger powerful Castilian army that had dominated Portugal. If you want to understand what it means to be “Portuguese,” as separate from the rest of Iberia, the short and extremely well done cinematic historical account (in multiple languages including English) provides an excellent basis for that understanding. It is a must stop on our tour of central Portugal. After the movie you can walk the actual battle field with battle stations marked and audio interpretations.

The exhibition is very informative without being boring. The guides and other staff members are extremely nice and sensitive towards children. We had a wonderful family day here. Congratulations to all employees!

Very nice activity museum.Excelent for family and other groups to share the space. Outdoor&indoor exhibition, great for a few hours entertainment. Worth a visit.

Wonderful exhibition, uses high tech display technology, very impressive. Makes you feel as if you are there. Multiple languages makes it very accessible. Well done. Very thoughtful.

An amazing informative place. Very knowledgeable guides and the mutimedia theater tellung the story of the battle was superb

Great way to learn the details of the battle. The interactive show is worth watching to complement the experience

A really modern kind of museum explaining in detail all about the battle. It starts with a film, there are only a 3 or 4 rooms, then the outside area where the real battle took place. Extremely interesting.

Single place in Portugal history, very interesting to visit.
The did very well keeping the trenches also inside the museum, real evidences of the battle of Aljusbarrota.

A great job in collecting the information from the various historical documents.
Appreciated the detail to exhibit the information side by side with art of the epoch.
Very interesting for people from 10 years on.

It is a small but very good museum to explain how the battle happened and why it happened, it has many interactive activities

Love it 😀 😍

Easy access, interesting display, near other tourist sites such as Batalha and Fatima and Ourem.

If you want to learn about Portuguese history you need to visit this place 🇵🇹🇵🇹