Usually a quiet town, Golegã is overrun during the first two weeks of November by
thousands of horse enthusiasts who throng to the annual Feira Nacional do
Cavalo. This horse fair, which attracts Portugal’s finest horses, breeders and
equestrians, coincides with the tasting of the year’s new wine on St Martin’s
day (11 November). The atmosphere is enlivened by the consumption of the young
wine known as agua-pé  (literally, foot water).

In the centre of town, the 16th-century Igreja Matriz ,
attributed to Diogo Boitac (see Mosteiro dos Jerónimos), has an exquisite Manueline portal and a
calm interior. The small Museu de Fotografia Carlos Relvas  is
housed in the elegant Art Nouveau house and studio of the photographer
(1838–94). A vivid modern art collection can be seen in the Museu
de Pintura e Escultura Martins Correia  in the old post office.