On The Set of Damsel CONVENTO DE CRISTO & TOMAR CASTLE | Knights Templar
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- Опубликовано: 22 июл 2022
- TOMAR CASTLE DURING THE FILMING OF DAMSEL Convento de Cristo and Tomar Castle were the home to the Knights Templar in Portugal.
Netflix were filming the movie DAMSEL starring Millie Bobby Brown and Ray Winston while we were there so check out that film to get the full picture of the convent and life in those times.
Due to filming we missed some of the interior, but we were fortunately invited to stay and listen to the shooting from a balcony. Sadly we were not allowed to film this.
Built in 1160 this UNESCO world heritage site is a spectacular sight to behold. We spent the day exploring this fine example of Manueline architecture, and discovered why it is one of Portugal's true hidden gems.
Please enjoy stepping back with us into the 12th century to witness life during the Knights' Templar times.
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I'm not a religious person, but the church took my breath away. I think I spent 45 minutes just going in a circle! I'm enjoying your enthusiasm and I am so happy you seemed to enjoy your time at the convent.
I feel the same, Todd. Not a religious person but I can't help but be awestruck at such places. The workmanship and attention to detail is inspiring and the thought that so many people have worshipped there for centuries always gives me goosebumps. 👍😊 ~ Lee
Thank you for the amazing video about Convento de Cristo in Tomar. I've been there past thursday and it was very pleasant to remember my visit to the convent. You were lucky because you had the chance to visit the Castle since it's closed to the fire alert that was declared 2 weeks ago. And I look forward to wathc the Netflix show, Damsel (I didn't knew that it was filmed there). Cheers.
Hi Luis. It really is a beautiful place and we are so pleased we got to see most of it. I saw on the news that a lot of places have been closed lately due to fire alerts. The palaces in Sintra also. I also saw a news report recently that they are planning a big renovation project at the Convento do Cristo. They are spending a lot of money and working to preserve the building which is great. I imagine it could be covered in scaffolding while that is happening.
We can't wait to see Damsel on Netflix also. What a great way to showcase one of Portugal's most impressive monuments. 👍 ~ Lee
Great to see your both big smiles!
You are so kind, thank you 🤗😁
Thanks for your videos. I plan to explore the convent and castle next month. Have planned the Portugal trip before covud, and will finally get to see Tomar.
My family are followers of you, keep up the good work.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Louise. It's always wonderful to hear such positive feedback, and we're so happy that your family enjoy our channel! We hope you have an amazing time in Portugal, and in beautiful Tomar. Wishing you all the best ~ Mandy 😁😀
You gave an absolute top tip! Always go to popular attractions early. We had the monastery in Alcobaça to ourselves because we arrived when it opened. When we got out, there were three or four tour groups going in. This one and shoulder seasons are what makes all the difference.
Yes, I totally agree, Todd. It's so good to beat the crowds. Tour groups tend to come in waves as well. The place can be swarming one minute and empty the next. I noticed that in the chapel of bones in Evora. Sometimes you just have to be patient and wait for the wave to pass. 😁👍 ~ Lee
@@FrugalTravellers Thanks for this great tip!
Wow really impressive architecture. Thanks for the video
You're are most welcome. It's quite a spectacular place to see. We enjoyed showing it. 👍😊 ~ Lee
We were there in May, also. It was stunning! We couldn’t get over how hot it was in early May!
That's great. It was severely hot the day we were there. I think I got a bit of heatstroke when walking the walls. Glad you had good weather too. What a place! 😊 ~ Lee
Amazing that with such good food in Tomar, you take some from London in the back pack lol.
Hahhha... we've been in Portugal for so long that I even ran out of Vegemite 6 months ago 🤣 Our picnic lunch was all bought in Portugal, most of it in Tomar 😀😁🇵🇹 ~ Mandy
Gosh, so great! Mandy & Lee you outdo yourselves all the time. Tomar is incredible, I can't wait to go! So much great content here and a lot of wow moments but the Biggest Wow, for me was at 17:06 - it looks as though that building was superimposed in the shot. You know I agree with you... the only way to explore is slowly! Have a fab week you two 🤩
Oh, and it seems that Damsel has 3 filming locations in Portugal. Tomar, Batalha & Sortelha Guarda! Maybe once they are done there will be other locations as well! Very cool. Thank you for sharing that tidbit about the filming.
Thank you so much for your wonderful comments, Jen! Such a lovely compliment to say our videos are always improving... we're definitely working on making them better, but as you know, we're enthusiastic amateurs as opposed to professionals 😉😀
Tomar is a fascinating town and the Covento de Cristo is spectacular, and such amazingly good value!
It was fascinating to get a glimpse of the set up for the filming of Damsel! We were fortunate enough to hear Millie Bobby Brown repeat one scene four times, and were so happy with that, even if we weren't able to catch a glimpse of her. I'm so looking forward to seeing the movie next year! 😀😁 ~ Mandy
And yes, filming in Tomar was actually brought forward as there were cases in Batalha... so they had to pack up and drive everything over to Tomar at short notice. Apparently part of the next Fast and Furious will be filmed in Lisbon, and there are other film projects planned for Portugal, which is very exciting! ~ Mandy 😀😁🇵🇹
Great video guys. Awesome coverage of this amazing place. Weather looked great, that blue sky wow. And inside the church, incredible. You don't realize how big it is until the comparison of tiny people walking inside.
Been a few years since I was inside there, so thank you for the refresher.
Last visit back in 2018, we didn't go inside but pretty sure we had picnic lunch at that same table in the shade.
Thanks, Cindy. We really enjoyed our time there and glad we forced ourselves to go into this one. Often we skip such sights but the Convento was well worth it. Saying that, it would still be fun to go there and enjoy the grounds without going in. The sense of history in this place is overwhelming. Can't wait to see the Netflix movie when it comes out. 😁😍 ~ Lee
Merci pour cette si belle vidéo. Deux endroits merveilleux à visiter.
Oui, c'est vraiment merveilleux ici. Je recommande une visite à ce lieu historique. 👍😊 ~ Lee
We went to Tomar at the end of January and o convento was almost empty. When we went, the man at the ticket office just let us come in without paying the €6. I'm not saying that will be the case during off seasons as they do have to spend money to maintain everything, but it may work out. Absolutely, our best value attraction in Portugal!
Wow... I bet that was a great time to be there with even less crowds. It's an impressive attraction alright and I was pleasantly surprised of the amount you can see outside without even going into the Convento. The walls and the grounds are spectacular in themselves. Another Portuguese gem! 😁 ~ Lee
@@FrugalTravellers I'm currently in Lisbon and I'm about a five minute walk from the cathedral. I'm fairly sure it is six or eight euros to enter. Needless to say I passed on that one. Guess which is the better value? Tomar is a fantastic cultural experience and I hope to see it in my future European travels.
@@FrugalTravellers There is a trail that goes along the outside of the wall that is quite dramatic. Go along the route from the Mata. This was one of our hidden gems. We wandered about a bit and ended up off the path a bit, but had great views of the walls. Thanks for the memories!
@@tuxdude1 This is a great tip, Todd. Thanks for sharing. Unfortunately we've moved on from there now but will keep it in mind for another time.
I'd say the Convento de Cristo idway better value than the Lisbon sé. We wouldn't pay that to go in there either. 😁
Amazing Castle.
It is truly magnificent, Dennis. Thank you for taking the time to comment, we really appreciate it! ~ Mandy 😀😁
Hi Mandy & Lee--We're on a 2-week trip within the US so trying to catch up with you both! Excellent video as always. I love your videos for their content, and I learn so much!👍 You're both the cream of the YT crop IMHO...and I have no problem admitting that! We'll be in PT this September and October, but I'm afraid we'll not have the time to visit Tomar. 😫 Nonetheless, thanks to your videos, it's on our list so we plan to visit in early 2023. Cheers.
Lucchese20, you always write such wonderful comments! Thank you so much for your kind words and for always being so supportive! Wow, how cool that you're on a trip in the US - I hope you're having an amazing time!
I would definitely recommend putting Tomar near the top of your list for Portugal, and even if you can't make it in September and October, it'll be there for you next year!
Thank you so much again for taking the time to write, and for the wonderful compliment. Wishing you all the best! ~ Mandy 😀😁
Amazing Castle, 🐔🥚poor chuck needs to see a vet 😂 great vid 😎👍
Thanks so much. 😁. What chuck are you talking about? 😂😂. We didn't notice one. 😬🐣 ~ Lee
@@FrugalTravellers I was referring to the size of eggs for your lunch on table, think tescos is short changing us over here 🤔
@@GLITCHDADA I rarely get complimented on the size of my eggs but thank you very much 👍🤣🥚🥚😂 ~ Lee
Visited the Convent in 2016, beautiful place even though there was torrential rain whilst there. Love your videos and can't wait until next Saturday for the next new one
Thank you so much, Claire. It makes us so happy to know you enjoy our videos. 💕 This was an amazing place to visit and we got really lucky with the weather on that day. In fact a bit too lucky and got a bit fried up on those walls. 😬 😁 ~ Lee
I like your perspective of Portugal
Thank you. We came for a few months and have been here for 18 months now as we enjoy it so much here. 😆👍 ~ Lee
We've just added Tomar to our long list of places we want to visit in Portugal. Oh darn, we'll just have to stay an extra month or two (or three). 😁
Haha... That happened to us too. The list just kept getting longer. Portugal is just so awesome and Tomar certainly is worth being included. Hope you enjoy your time here. 👍 ~ Lee
Good job. Better than most travelogues. And you both are so positive and pleasant.
Thank you so much for the lovely compliment, Michael. We really enjoy our travels and get great pleasure in sharing it. Thanks for watching 🙏 😊 ~ Lee
Wow...amazing
Yes it's quite an impressive place alright. 😍
Another great video guys. Thanks for showing us another part of Portugal. Definitely on the "wish list" of things to do in Portugal. Keep rolling those cameras, we really enjoy your videos. Nice meeting you both recently. Happy traveling from the South Africans.......
Thank you so much. Glad our videos have been of use to you. We really appreciate the comment. 😊 Always lovely to get a toot and a wave as you pass by. 😁 See you out on the road somewhere! 👍😍
Amazing guys
Thank you. We really enjoyed visiting there. It is so impressive. 👍😊 ~ Lee
Loved this vlog!!! I want to go there!!!
Tomar is amazing, and the Convento is absolutely brilliant! You would love it there, so definitely add it to your Portugal list! 😁❤🇵🇹 ~ Mandy
Thank you for such a lovely tour of this beautiful location. It's really impressive! And the gardens and views were stunning. I'll be curious to see it featured in the Netflix movie!
Thank you, Priyanka. We are so pleased you enjoyed it. It's a beautiful place and a really fascinating part of Portuguese history. It feels like you are walking through a film set. In fact, we were! 😂😂. We're really looking forward to seeing the Netflix movie too. It'll be great to see these places and the depiction of life there in medieval times! ~ Lee 👍😀😁
Morning guys…..
Good morning. Have a great weekend! 😊
Great video so how can you guys stay in Portugal for so long do you have residency?
Thank you, Natalie. We're pleased you enjoyed this video. We've applied for residency under the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement ~ Mandy
Spectacular architecture , sculptors , wall-ceiling art work is breath taking, sure don't make them like that anymore but they should , Knights Templars ( later transformed into Order of Christ Templars - Ordem de Cristo Templarios ) were a big part of Portugals discovery age and eventually becoming the worlds first Global Empire lasting over 600 years, opening up sea routs that benefited not only Portugal but many other countries and of course fiscally proving once and for all the world being round (sphere) not flat al though some today still believe it is flat :))) , great tour you guys Thanks-Obrigado :)
Yes the Manueline architecture and the work that went into the decoration is breathtaking. Something to be truly proud of.
I'm fascinated by that period of Portuguese history and how the country flourished during the age of discovery. I love reading about the voyages of the likes of Magellan, Vasco da Gama and Diego Cão. I can't imagine how it must of felt to sail into the blank sections of the map. It makes the kind of travel we do these days seem quite tame. These beautiful buildings and monuments in Portugal give us a great glimpse into this period of history. 😁👍 ~ Lee
@@FrugalTravellers Yes it took great balls and unusual courage & knowledge to set sail into the unknown waters , if it didn't than others would have done it before them , what these great explorers and their men did is the equivalent of our astronauts leaving mother Earth I might say harder because of all that time at seas-oceans not knowing where they were headed most of the time. Anyway glad to see others not just Portuguese giving credit to achievements done by a small country in land mass and small population but not small in heart size and courage & determination , Thanks for showing Portugal and its history its muchly deserved even if Hollywood ignores it eheheh would like to see at least one block buster movie one day of at least one of Portugals many past endeavors lol.. Thanks again for this and other uploads you two have made , much appreciated .. cheers & enjoy Portugal .. wish I was there right now but have to wait a bit longer,, I have much saudades for my birth place, if you know what I mean :)
@@nelsonsoares2975 We totally understand why you'd have saudades for this amazing country. I'm aware so many Portuguese leave to live and work elsewhere and long to return. We feel blessed that we came here when we did, then circumstances made us stay a lot longer than planned. We travel a lot but it is only when you stay in a country for some years that you truly get to understand it, the people and the culture. It has been a wonderful experience and we have loved every moment of it. I'd love to see some Hollywood movies paying homage to the great explorers too. Hopefully one day. 🤞👍 ~ Lee
@@FrugalTravellers Just so you know I & others appreciate your videos your time & your knowledge about those places you've been visiting, for me its never a waste of my time following your adventure in Portugal & in other countries, I'm always learning something new with you guys , makes me happy good people respect & appreciate Portugal & all it has accomplished as one of the oldest countries in Europe , its not just beautiful beaches & great sun sets :)) your videos shows this. As for Hollywood well they still don't believe that we have had enough mafia & gangster movies & made up stories of Marco Polo who I might add never even made it to China but hanged around the silk road & got his info from merchants & traders of goods who actually went to China . I wont be holding my breath for a real life true story of adventure , discovery & exploration done by brave men which benefited human kinds evolution along with many countries not just Portugal , , Keep on doing what you do & all the best on your future travels , just noticed you are on Facebook so I will be following you there as well.. best regards to you Lee & your lovely wife Mandy :)
Ooh yes, nice loos!
Loo's with a medieval feel. 🏰🚽👸😁
What a great way to reinvest the Buy Me a Coffee Money so we can all enjoy the benefit of it.
Haha, yes. Thanks, Imo. We struggle sometimes to encourage ourselves to pay the entrance into some attractions, so if we use the BMAC money for that, it will encourage us to go in. That way we can also share the experience with the kind people who help to contribute! 😁🙏😁 ~ Lee
Excellent camera work!! Let me add a bit of truth to this! Portugal means--Port of the Grail! Burgundy knights started this place (thanks to St,. Bernard of Clairvaux--the Templar Saint--read his 82 sermons from the Song of Songs)) to get away from the Church!--how ironic! And really Tomar is Tamar--offspring of the Black Virgin--the Widow's daughter--Jesus and Magdalene is Notre Dame--and the Mona Lisa--notice the streams behind her shoulders and the way the wound scarf across her heart is a continuation of stream and her look is one of Rosicrucian-Regenerated-Philosopher always of God's divine center! Da Vinci Code got it wrong--the offspring must also be regenerated within one's midst or depth's in God's Image (the Grail within), His Word. (Only that which comes down goes back up . . . ) And so, those 2 circular wells you shot--one with stairs going down--is symbolic of going within your depths at X marks the spot (heart center) and there one gives his will to the Spirit (the crooked serpent that wraps around you when you become one with your other self(Know thyself) to regenerate one by balancing the wet and the dry.
And the head amidst the roots happens to us all when we get on the straight and narrow and are rooted to the tree of life and Wisdom (in our midst--read Genesis in a new way--they messed up by going in their MIDST to early to those rooted trees--headsup: those trees were not in that spiritual garden BUT IN THE MIDST OF THE EARTH!) when we are initiated and regenerated - which was and is the ancient mystery--in other words as St Augustine said. 'there has only been one religion since the beginning which is combining our consciousness with the Almighty's in His?Her Image the Word which was Sophia or Mary Magdalene to the Templars. Since they knew that we reincarnate to try the wheel of divine fortune many times--have to be one to know one - in this case a Templar Teutonic Knight
Well that's enough for now! Hey, want to know the truth about the American Revolutionary War? How did my country America beat the SUPER POWER England. I almost have Russell Crowe interested in playing your General Howe. taking command . us is the story of how a few questing and engrailed Templar Master Masons RC operating in America gave the world the gift of Spiritual freedom! To find use the title above - all one word , no spaces or caps then dot us.
Very interesting! ~ Mandy
I noticed his backpack disappears about 3/4ths of the way through the video. What are the bag policies at attractions like the Convento de Cristo, the Alcobaca monastery, or the Batalha monastery? Are bags allowed in these sites? If not, do they have bag check? I hear there are a lot of car break-ins at tourist sites in Portugal and would prefer to take a bag with me if I could.
Hello Bruce. We both had our day bags with us the whole time... Lee's might not have been as obvious once we'd had our picnic lunch and was far more empty! The thumbnail was taken near the end of the visit, and you can see Lee's black bag straps! ~ Mandy 😀😁
I could not imagine a car break in anywhere in central portugal. We spent six weeks in the area and never locked our doors in our Airbnb or the car.
Hi Mandy and Lee. Thanks for your videos, we really enjoy them, saves our marriage. It would be greatly appreciated if you would recommend a long term rental rural accommodations in Northern/Central Portugal for 1 or 2 months, 2 adults. I know there's plenty on VRBO and AirBnB but we would like to get your take and recommendation. Thank you. Stay safe and keep well.
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Thank you so much, Mike. Glad you enjoy our videos. We can't really help with information about long term rentals as we have had no experience with them. We've only been house sitting and staying in short term holiday type accommodation. I would suggest either approaching some of the local real estate agents for the places you are interested in or looking for Facebook groups for those regions also. They can be a really good source of information and an opportunity to make contacts. Best of luck with your search. 👍 ~ Lee
How do I buy you both a "coffee"?
Hi Aimee. We have a link to Buy me a coffee on the description below our videos. This is it here.
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Thank you very much for asking and thinking of us. 🙏👍
Thank you so much for your very kind gift on BMAC. That is very generous of you and we really appreciate it. So glad you are enjoying our videos. 🙏😊🙏 Lee & Mandy