Portugal

Alentejo

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

Best time: Mar – Jun, Sep – Nov
Type: Region

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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

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Alentejo in photos

Alentejo — Photo: Nelson Lourenço · BY 2.0 · Openverse

Alentejo — Photo: Jocelyn777 Love Europe · BY-SA 2.0 · Openverse

Alentejo — Photo by Carlos Fernando Caupers on Pexels

Alentejo — Photo: Fr Antunes · BY 2.0 · Openverse

Alentejo — Photo by Artem Zhukov on Pexels

Alentejo — Photo by Policarpo Brito on Pexels

Alentejo — Photo: rvacapinta · BY 2.0 · Openverse

Alentejo — Photo by Petra Nesti on Pexels

Alentejo — Photo by Petra Nesti on Pexels

Alentejo — Photo: Fr Antunes · BY 2.0 · Openverse

Alentejo — Photo: In Memoriam: PhillipC · BY 2.0 · Openverse

Alentejo — Photo: andré.luís · BY 2.0 · Openverse

Alentejo — Photo: guillenperez · BY-ND 2.0 · Openverse

Alentejo — Photo by Petra Nesti on Pexels

Alentejo, Portugal — Photo by Jocelyn Erskine-Kellie on Pexels

Alentejo — Photo: Rosino · BY-SA 2.0 · Openverse

Alentejo — Photo by Petra Nesti on Pexels

Alentejo — Photo by Mo Eid on Pexels

Alentejo — Photo: kkmarais · BY 2.0 · Openverse

Alentejo — Photo: Rossana Ferreira · BY 2.0 · Openverse

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When you'll go

When to visit Alentejo

March – June, September – November

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