Nice place to spend some family time. There's no entry free (you can donate as much as you want) and there are a number of activities available to you, such as a children's playground, feeding farm animals, exploring mini museums of different professions and grabbing traditional food and desserts in one of the few shops within the zone.

We stumbled across this place and SO glad we did, so fun and playful. Really affordable pottery store on-site as well and the cafe has amazing chorizo bread. Had such a fun afternoon here!

Interesting "mini" village that shows the life's work of local villager and potter "José Franco". Good for families with children. There's a free car park just behind the village and away from the main road. Best to visit in a sunny day. Also, don't forget to try out the "filhós", a local treat home-made in the village. (ATM available on sight). People with reduced mobility will struggle to visit (a lot of stairs and narrow spaces).

Very nice place, cute and beautiful. My kids very enjoy. Will come back again.🥰👍🏼

A labyrinth your kids will love to get lost in. Discovered this place by accident on our way to the palace and it was really fascinating. Lots of historical setups of old Portugal with lots for the kids to do and a really reasonable gift shop with some great pottery items. Also seems to be free so added bonus. Big car park at the back

Amazing place for adoults and children. It's nice to spend an hour there, if you are hungry, even more. Well maintained, I reccommend.

It's really a nice place and I recommend to visit it. It was interesting to see those small houses, rooms with household items. Also there are some chickens, goats. Thank you for such a cool place.

Definitely a place worthy of a visit during the weekend. From tools used in the past, to how grocery store was etc, a place to bring back childhood memories and show today's children how things were in the old days. They also have a restaurant, tables for picnicking.

Cool place to visit that clearly shows how an ancient portuguese village was. However, a lot of the places need cleaning and we can clearly notice that the things that gave too much trouble were just bolted to either the ground, walls or even furniture they were on. Nonetheless, great place to visit specially with kids. Would give a 3.5* but since I can't I only give it a 3.

A wonderfully well-kept reproduction of Portuguese rural traditions, child-sized and an invitation to explore.

enjoyable for our children. a very delicate and quaint presentation of a delicate Portuguese history. a range of animals to visit and see living here, with a lovely cafe and a great gift shop with some superb pottery and ornaments to take home as gifts and souvenirs<3

Super cute little town. Awesome little bakery with wonderful bread. Nice shop. There's some animals; rabbits, guinea pigs, goats, chickens. Great place to take some fun pictures. Overall experience was great.

Absolutely worth it. I must say, it isn't my first time here, but I barely remember my first time. I was small, but I remember all the water/electric power miniatures that unfortunately no longer work. However, despite that it's absolutely worth going here and seeing the marvels José Franco build with his wife before passing away. Only the people coming in upkeep this place that is a hidden gem of the Portuguese seaside.

This was a amazing little museum, of how Portugal used to be. Felt like a little kid again, well worth a stop if your passing. It's free to explore, and the gift shop is great, reasonable prices. They have a little cafe on site.

Located in Sobreiro, between Ericeira and Mafra, and just over 30 minutes from Lisbon, is a village that is a museum worth visiting. The entry is free, and lots of free parking options, you also can find there a restaurant, atelier and souvenir shop. You can also meet super friendly animals that you can feed if you want ❤.

Nice place. Only the animals are not good there because are to bad treatment and they use the giving food to the animals to make profit and lake that the animals are mixed with other races and kind of animals. They are not a way of making maney.

Very funny ...but very old too, for children nice

Will recommend sparing some time and going to visit this place, which is something that you will never see the same and the story of this place is amazing... to have something like to where you can enjoy and share this experience with friends and family is amazing . Also, going back in time and understanding how things were done and comparing them with how everything is done these days is amazing.

Amazing place to visit. If you have children, even better. They have a small place where the children can feed, rabbits and sheep's and goat's as well. It's a must visit if you are in Mafra.

We love it! A real traditional Portuguese experience..ideal for children and for the child in you! :)

Luckily met Jose who made a beautiful rose and a goat for me. And also I like the bread they made there. It’s a fairytale town , could find something very special.

We stumbled upon this place by accident while wandering the streets and were quite surprised. Very nice museum with lots of cute chickens and other animals. Staff was also nice and we got some great coffee and bread. A must visit if you are around the area

You can buy and see traditional pottery and aa mini world of West Portugal back in early 20 century. As a bonus you get chouriço breat and pork scratchings bread 😎🥳

Free, and younger children will love to run around the site. It is an ethnicographic museum that displays some great artifacts of blacksmithing, seamstress tools, etc while also providing small playgrounds for children. The site also has animals to feed and a snack bar as well.

lovely "village", you can get also a nice horse (or other animals) for a small offer (1-5€). kids will love it. entrance is free.

One of the most mesmerizing memories of Portugal is this typical village exhibit, reminding us that life was simple and good a 100 years ago when man lived in harmony with forces of nature. It's good for education of our young generation. There's a real windmill that is in working condition. Moreover, it is fun for kids with a small castle, swings, mechanised miniatures, snacks and an animal farm where you can feed rabbits goats hamsters galinha and sheep a bag of goodies that you can buy for €1 in the shop. It also has pottery and ceramic shops, cafe and some other organic and traditional local products that can be bought. If you want to spend a lazy 4 hours with kids not far from Lisbon this is it! You can complement the trip with a visit to Mafra palace and gardens or/and tapra do Mafra and finish it with a traditional dinner in local restaurant.

It gives a glimpse of tipical village of Portugal. Built on miniature scenario, it show the occupation of ancient Portuguese people. It is well built. The artist has done amazing job. I especially like how the miniature is made like it's functional. It give the feeling of reality. If you are visiting around Lisbon, Mafra, Ericeira etc then this should be in the list. But it's not very large in space though. No ticket required.

Handcrafted traditional miniature villa representing Portugal mid 20 Century. A collection by local craftman with pleanty of photo ops and nostalgia

Highly recommended place. Ceramic shop with lot of things with small prices. Portugal village in miniature is really amazing

Not to lose very nice and tipical place visit with friends or family

Nice experience! I really enjoyed visiting it. Really amazing work. Everything is well taken cared and it has a lot of fun and curious facts about the traditions of Portugal. Suitable for children and adults. Staff should be more acssessble and the bar should be more clean in the exterior patio. Try the "pão com chouriço" it is amazing!

Wonderful open-air museum. Brilliant displays and also playground for kids. Well stocked shop with great selection of Portugese ceramics. Well worth a visit. Cash only but ATM on site.

Fantastic place! Just like it was in my childhood!

Lovely place to enjoy, explore local culture. Tasty traditional bread with meat, nice pottery and souvenir shop. Children friendly place. Can recommend for families.