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The Alentejo area is blessed with a beautiful coastline and is easily accessible - as most of Portugal is - house prices are significantly lower than in more well-known regions such as the Algarve.
For more and more people the attraction of Portugal is that you can still relax. There’s loads of space not on the […]

The origins of Barreiro are linked to the Monks of the Order of Santiago. From the XVI century, the township was born and Palhais (presently a tiny suburb) was the centre of it.
The geographical position was important and contributed to the growth of the area. Ship-building and biscuit- making for the long sea-journeys were […]

Heading south of Setubal, leaving the riverbanks and fishing areas we enter into a different region: the Alentejo.
Alcacer do Sal had an important role during the Roman occupation and remains of these are still evident today. Under Roman rule, Alcacer became the economic and political seat of Alentejo.
It coined its own money and […]

Evora is one of Portugal’s finest and most delightful towns. It is a true open-air museum with a large number of wonderfully preserved monuments and buildings of public interest that led UNESCO to protect it as a World Heritage Site.
Each age has left its trace on Evora. It was the Celts who named […]

This is an area where lime ovens used to abound, hence the name Alcochete which derives from the Arab word for them. The foundation of the population dates from the time of the reconquering.
It was important during the reign of the Kings D. Joao I and II who both spend long periods of time […]

One of the most valuable assets of the Costa Azul (or Blue Coast) lies in nature. The 60,000 hectares of protected areas governed by regulations and special protection measures constitute the very best that nature has to offer and mankind has been able to preserve.
Tagus, the Caparica Fossil Cliffs, Arrabida, Sado; Santo Andre, and Sancha […]

Excavations at Castelo Velho (Old Castle) on a hill to the east of the present city, date human occupation of the region to pre-historic times. The settlement, dating from the late Neolithic, was fortified by the Celts (3rd and 2nd centuries BC) and subsequently Romanised.
Under Roman occupation, Mirobriga grew up as an agricultural and […]

It is in Alentejo, on the southwest of Portugal, where Odemira, the biggest county of the country, is located, crisscrossed by Mira waters, one of the less polluted rivers of all European continent.
“Alentejo in a single County” is an excellent manner to introduce it because in Odemira it is possible to find, simultaneously, everything […]

Castro Verde, in the core of Campo Branco, has as one of its greatest attractions, its landscape. Experiencing the climb to such places as S. Pedro das Cabe or to Nossa Sra. de Aracelis, gives you an impression of the plain’s grandness. The wide cereal steppes shelter a natural patrimony rich in avifauna, where one […]

The little country town of Alvito, 10 km. south of Viana do Alentejo, boasts a parish church with magnificent 17th C. azulejo decoration and a fine fortified castle (15th C.) built by the Marques of Alvito. The castle has recently been converted into a pousada.
There are local festas (festivals) in the town of Alvito […]