Batalha Monastery

Another day another church, this time Batalha with its Gothic architecture this is the opposite to the austere Alcobaca. 

  

The entrance and cloisters are very ornate. 

In the Founder’s chapel there is the joint tomb (the first one in Portugal) of Joao I and his English wife Phillipa of Lancaster, and also the tomb of Henry the Navigator. 

 The Manueline portals of the unfinished chapels were a highlight. 

 The afternoon drive took us further north to the university city of Coimbra to stay at the municipal  campsite on the hill outside of town.