Bacalhôa Buddha Eden

Wow! Didn’t expect much, even with reading the reviews and looking at the photos… but WOW, again. You have to visit this lovely place to fully appreciate how wonderful it is. You can easily spend a full day here enjoying the beautiful landscape and amazing world class art installations. What an incredible find! Would love to visit again in the spring or summer with everything in bloom.

It’s a place to visit and enjoy. Beautiful gardens, arts. Tou can choose to walk or use the train to visit the interior of the park. They have a small restaurant there with not fancy but good food and a “bar”, for some snacks. Some areas are not accessible with wheelchair, and even the train is not accessible, which is sad. But is definitely a beautiful place and I recommend the visit.

Bacalhôa Buddha Eden

Price: 6 EUR
Time Spent: 2 hours
Recommended time: 3-4 hours
Parking: available
(!)Bike Parking: not found
WC: available
Suitable for disabled people
Suitable for children
Internal transport: train (6 EUR per person)
Restaurant: available
Dog friendly
Time limits: until 17:30

Bacalhôa Buddha Eden is the reason to visit Bombarral. If you want to see a paradise before the otherside, visit the park, which is quiet, peaceful and so large, that you may think you are alone there. You can ask for a train tour instead of walking [for an extra 6 EUR].

>Garden, shop, and restaurant are open every day (except January 1st and December 25th).
>Reservations are only necessary for groups of 100 people.
>The train is free for children up to 3 years old. The train travels for +/- 30 minutes through the Garden.

[!]Some areas are not accessible with a wheelchair
[!]Picnics are not allowed inside the garden.
[!]Dogs with a leash or harness are allowed, on which the name and address or telephone number of the owner must be placed in any way.
[!]Visitors are not allowed to enter with vehicles, exception - baby strollers

I loved it! Really cheap entrance (only 6 euros). The garden is massive and took me a few hours to walk through everything. There is nice restaurant by the entrance ( u pay around 18 euro per person and it includes dessert, coffee, soft or alcoholic drink, main meal of your choice and salad).

This place will make you go: " how the hell did this happen? In the middle of nowhere?" As you explore the property and the wonderful Asian and other artistic inspired sculptures, you will absolutely fall in love with the peaceful surroundings and the involving nature that surrounds the whole thing. Plus the souvenir shop has tons of wine ...so yeah..GO THERE if you happen to be in the area!!

It's such an amazing place. Definitely need not less than two hours to indulge in nature and the sculptures available. So quiet and peaceful. Entrance fees are 6 €. You can additional 6€ for bus tour instead of walking . A map is available at the location to navigate through. The place requires private transportation or arranged tour. No public transportation in the are.

An amazing park, Buddha Eden has hundreds of statues, from a gigantic recling Buddha and dozens of other gods and mystical beings. There are also a whole lot of metal and stone carvings and statues. Well worth a visit.

The garden and sculptures are feast for the eyes. We enjoyed the experience very much and got a lot of inspiration from the marvelous art pieces scattered all around the garden

That incredible place that everyone should visit in Portugal. Easy to find, there is no preparation and you need to pay the entrance fee – not expensive. You can choose to walk or use the train. I recommend using it because the place is huge and you can stop in specific places, walk a little, take photos and catch the train again to move on. On the way out, you pass by a convenience store and can buy wines at a great cost. Have a good trip!

This is heaven on earth and and a must stop anywhere you are within an hour.
I’m not sure of the history of this place and it’s MASSIVE! Expect to spend most of the day here enjoying the grounds and statues.

Beautiful, peaceful gardens and remarkable sculptures. Lots to walk around

I though this was going to be stupid, but ended up being my best experience by far in Portugal. It's amazingly beautiful garden with so many unique statue gardens, like I haven't experienced before.

Background info: the garden was started in 2006 by a private individual for collecting art. The emphasis is on appreciation of art, tradition, and religion, rather than religion itself. It is primarily Buddha statues in response to the Chinese Cultural Revolution, where many Buddhist temples, monasteries, and artifacts were destroyed between 1966 and 1976.

Stunning.

Totally recommend visiting if you're I'm the area. If you visit in the summer months, make sure you get a ticket that includes a train ride as walking all of that in the heat would be dreadful.

It can be expensive €12 entry + €12 for the train per person, but it's worth it, and I imagine they also spend a lot on maintaining the park - it was clean and in pristine condition.

We walked through various areas and very much enjoyed it all, including the African section. We also stopped for an ice cream for the kiddos and sangria for the ladies ;) - they were the size of a fish bowl.

Huge place that has a variety of art, animals and vegetation, palm trees, bamboo shoot paths and local trees. Large bodies of water with picturesque views all over. They even have a great wine shop with many just 3 euros. Lots of snack bars and washrooms around also great shady areas. Only 6 euros to get in lots of walking but tons of are all around. U could grab a train as well for an additional 6-8 euors(I don’t remember) but I walked it with no issues. A must if u are close by to the region.

Beautiful garden filled with breathtaking sculptures of various traditions as well as modern art sculptures.
The price is fair, and we spent 2 hours looking at the plants and sculptures in the park. The staff are friendly and spoke English with us, we will definitely be visiting there again.

I went there for vacation and my friends brought me there, needless to say the site was beautiful and was perfect to take a little walk. The monuments was pretty nice and mixed well with the landscape. I think that it’s a nice place to take you children if have the chance.

Good value as a visit. We went as a family and had a train ride and walked all around very beautiful well maintained gardens. So many amazing sculptures with a variety of subjects not just Buddhism. Beautiful lakes, koi and turtles too. Well worth a visit.

My favorite garden, beautiful statues, walkpaths, trees.
Definitely a must see.

Very very large garden. The statues are great (and big). The huge Buddha's are impressive. I really did like the terracotta armies and it's renovation. In high season it was for not too crowded. Really excellent.

The Buddha Eden gardens have to be some of the most peculiar places that I have ever seen. The gardens are huge, and they set the stage for a gigantic open-air art exhibition, with sculptures crafted by some well-known artists. And that for an entrance fee of only five euro. For an additional price, you can ride aboard a touristic train over the garden's streets. At the exit there is a souvenir store with a wide variety of affordable, local wine. I visited the gardens for only three hours, but I could have easily spent a whole weekend there.