Places Arraiolos, Alqueva Dam, Estremoz, Évora (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Monsaraz, Vila Viçosa.
Monuments and Museums Aqueduto da Água da Prata (The Silver Water Aqueduct), Zambujeiro Dolmen, Capela dos Ossos (Chapel of Bones), Cromoleque dos Almendres (Neolithic Monument), Churches (Carmo, São Francisco), Museums (Sacred Art, Toy, City), Dom Manuel Palace, Sé Cathedral, Temple to Diana. Estremoz - Centro de Ciência Viva, museums (Agricultural José Matos Cortes, religious art Santo André, Fireman, Carapeta Pharmacy, Cavalry, Municipal Professor Joaquim Vermelho, Rural). Évora - Água da Prata Aqueduct, Grand Dolmen of Zambujeiro, Bone Chaple, Dolmen of Almendres (monument from the Neolithic era), Churches (Carmo, São Francisco), Dom Manuel Palace, Museums (Sacred Art, Toy, City), Main church, Diana Temple Mora - Manuel Ribeiro de Pavia museum home, River museum. Redondo – Alentejo Regional Wine museum. Vila Viçosa – Marble Museu, Ducal palace.
Activities Adventure Sports, excursions (vineyards, wine routes), horse riding, karting, walks or bicycle rides, wine tasting and regional products.
Gastronomy Soups – purslane with cheese, skate in coriander, gaspacho, pot, stone, tomato. Fish – bread panada with pudding grass cod, river fish stew. Meat – oven roasted lamb, hare pie, lamb stew, hare and bean stew, asparagus in bread crumbs with pork. Sweets – bolo rançoso, encharcada, nogada (walnut dessert), pão de rala, queijadas, sericaia with plums from Elvas. Cheeses – Arraiolos, Évora, Nisa, Serpa. Wines – Adega Cooperativa do Redondo, Adega da Cartuxa, Monte da Comenda Grande.
Night life Bars (Theatre, Trovador), typical regional restaurants, Garcia de Resende Theatre. |