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.
Activities Adventure sports (BTT, rappel), tours (painting and pottery factories, vineyards, wine routes), horseback riding, karting, cycling, buggy rides, wine and regional product tastings, tennis.
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. |