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Alentejo

Portugal's slow-travel heartland — rolling wheat plains, cork oaks, whitewashed hill towns and unhurried, full-bodied wine.

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  • March – June, September – November
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About Alentejo

The Alentejo is Portugal's bread basket and its soul — a vast inland plateau of cork oak forests, sunflower fields, whitewashed villages and some of the country's finest wine and cuisine. Évora's UNESCO-listed city centre preserves a Roman temple, Gothic cathedral and an ossuary chapel. The prehistoric megaliths scattered across the region predate Stonehenge. Slow travel at its most rewarding.

Highlights

  • Évora historic centre and Roman temple (UNESCO)
  • Monsaraz hilltop village and Alqueva lake
  • Megalithic cromlechs and dolmens
  • Wine estates and cork oak forests
  • Marvão castle and Serra de São Mamede
  • Black pork and sheep's cheese gastronomy

Alentejo in photos

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Where you'll stay in Alentejo

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Hotels & rentals around Alentejo

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While you're there

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MEO Kalorama 2026 — Lisbon, August 2026
Avenida Da Liberdade 41, 1250-144 Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal · festival
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Festas de Lisboa 2027
Rua Das Flores De Santa Cruz 3, 1100-244 Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal · festival
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Local attractions & tours

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Trips in Alentejo

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When to visit Alentejo

March – June, September – November

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