Photos of trains arriving at the Railway Station of the City of Tomar in Portugal. The first one was shot in a different day of the other two, but all of them came from Lisbon through the railway junction of Entrocamento. The photo in the middle and the bottom one is the same train where my wife, my son and I travelled. We were coming back from a few days in the City of Setúbal and caught this train at the Oriente Railway Station in Lisbon and arrived in Tomar late afternoon on a Sunday.
Photo shot in a working day at the Railway Station of Tomar in Portugal. This train was coming from Lisbon
This train arrived at the Railway Station of Tomar on a Sunday Afternoon. I spent a few days in Setúbal, a city on the other side of Tejo River and with my wife and son, caught this train at the Oriente Railway Station in Lisbon
As you can see in the photo, this train which arrived at the Station of the City of Tomar on a Sunday afternoon, was full of passengers, most of them coming from Lisbon
Now is the motorcycles’ turn and I found interesting examples in Tomar. The first photo seems to be a Harley Davidson bike. This American motorcycle which started production in a wooden shed became one of the most sought after bikes in the world and Tomar is no exception. The other motorcycle is a Peugeot small french bike and the car next to it has the same colours and seems to belong to the same family of vehicles. The last photo is of an old Zundapp, a German bike which was parked at São Gregório Chapel at Varzea Pequena.
This is the world famous Harley Davidson motorcycle which I found parked at Rua Marquês de Tomar, near Mouchão Park
This is a Peugeot bike, which is a small french motorcycle parked at Avenida Primeiro de Março in Tomar
Zundapp, an old German motorcycle parked at the Chapel of São Gregório, near the garden of Varzea Pequena in Tomar
Portugal isn’t Holland which is an European country with almost as many bicycles as people. Apparently there are about 13 million bikes in the Netherlands against a population of about 16 million people. Anyway the Portuguese, don’t have the geography, the structures and the tradition to ride bikes by the millions like the Dutch, but some do and here are a few examples in Tomar. These photos were shot in different areas of the city and one was taken when I was walking to the Chapel of Senhora da Conceição which is the same road that leads to the Castle of Tomar.
Bike rider at the end of the Old Bridge in Tomar, also known as Bridge of King Manuel I (Ponte de D. Manuel). People riding bikes aren't very common at least in the middle of towns and cities
Another person riding a bicycle, but this time at the start of Rua Marquês de Pombal. On top of the hill is the Castle of the Knights Templar and the Convent of Christ
I was walking to the Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição in Tomar when I saw this bike rider. Who knows, maybe he is a Dutch tourist on holidays in Portugal
I still remember when we used to rent a boat made of wood with paddles, at a dock in the Island of Mouchão Park in Tomar, on the right side of the inn Estalagem de Santa Iria. My father who died in 1997, loved to paddle one of those boats along the banks of Nabão River when he was young, especially when he and my mother became engaged. As everything in life, things change and now we no longer see boats made of wood, but yellow boats made of a synthetic material which seem quite sturdy and a lot of fun.
On summer days in Tomar you can rent one of this yellow paddle boats and go for a ride around Nabão River with your most significant one or family and friends.
I took this photo from Mouchão Park in Tomar near the kids playground. That's probably the reason a small dock was placed in this area, so that kids beg their parents to go for a ride
The same yellow boats which are made of synthetic material, waiting for some people to rent them. In front of the them are the small waterfalls of Nabão River
The small tourist green train is a popular attraction in the City of Tomar. It was launched in the year 2000 which make it more than a decade old. The organization that decided to carry out this tourist project was the Commercial and Industrial Association of Tomar, called ACITOFEBA, with the support of the Town Council of Tomar. This train which you can see below at Rua Marquês de Pombal and Rua Serpa Pinto, has two established itineraries. One of them takes tourists for a ride around the city and the other goes to the Convent of Christ (Convento de Cristo) and Pegões Aqueduct (Aqueduto dos Pegões).
This is the green tourist train in the City of Tomar, full of holidaymakers at Rua Marquês de Pombal. This seems to be the itinerary that takes tourists around Tomar
This is the machine that pulls the carriages of the green train in Tomar, and the gentleman in this photo seems to be its driver. Of course this train machine isn't like the big train machines we are used to
Photo shot inside one of the carriages of the green tourist train in Tomar. This carriage, at the time was sitting unattended at Rua Serpa Pinto (Corredoura)
This topic is about vehicles in Tomar, and what better choice that taking photos of police cars? During the time I spent in my home town in September and October 2010, I honestly felt that I was living in a very safe city. Not just because the City of Tomar has a very small crime rate, but because I often saw police cars like the ones in these photos, in different parts of the town. The police cars in the photos below were shot at Rua Marquês de Pombal, Praça da República (Republic Square) and Rua Serpa Pinto (Corredoura).
The photo of this police car was taken at Rua Marquês de Pombal in Tomar. This is the street where the house I was born is located and where used to live. Notice the Castle of the Knights Templar on top of the hill
Police car in Tomar, parked at Rua Serpa Pinto (Corredoura) in Tomar. Usually cars can't park in this street but they of course make an exception for police cars. After all they are there to help us
This police car is parked at Praça da República in Tomar, right in front of the Church of São João Baptista. You can't see it, but behind me is the building of the Town Council of Tomar
Tomar isn’t a big city but it’s growing by the day. If you live the centre of the town you may be able to walk to most places, but if you are located somewhere in the outskirts of Tomar, you may have to use your own car or take the local bus, known as Tuto or TutoTomar, which in Portuguese stands for Transportes Urbanos de Tomar (Urban Transport of Tomar). This service started in 2005 with only three buses and every 20 minutes, from 7.30 AM to 7.00 PM, you can catch one of these “red wine” colour buses to those destinations in the City of Tomar that are a bit more remote.
"Red wine" coloured bus in Tomar, Portugal, known as Tuto or TutoTomar (Urban Transport of Tomar). I shot this picture near Estrada de Leiria
Photo of the bus Tuto Tomar at the bridge that connects the roundabout Praceta Alves Redol, behind me, to the street Avenida Norton de Matos
Here Tuto Tomar was passing by at the square Praça da República, which is basically the city centre and where the Town Council is located. Hundreds of pigeons usually gather in this area, waiting to get something from generous locals and tourists