Elvas has a series of forts, which comprise a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is now an open air…read moremuseum that is ver well preserved and dog friendly. It also appeared to be a popular sport for locals because of jogging and hiking trails near by. The fort itself has a series of rooms, some of which have murals. There was also a room for an art exhibition that was themed for the Christmas holidays. This was the best fort that we were able to visit (some of the forts are not accessible to visitors)

Fort da Graca is sitting up on the hill of Elvas Portugal, over looking the city. I suppose this is…read morewhy it was erected, to protect and defend the city. But how amazing was this fort! Star shaped and full of history. You can peruse the fort, the many rooms that comprise the fort, the officers houses, the land of the fort, the governors house, and you can walk the moat around the fort. Just when you think you have seen it all, think you have been in this room...you haven't. Go up to the top...all the way up for the most spectacular views of the surrounding city. This is the highlight of Elvas!

This tasting room is for a local winery. We stopped because we've been wanting to try Portuguese…read morewines. We were able to sample 6 different wines. A great little spot.

We stopped in once, standing in the foyer and no one came to acknowledge us. We were looking to…read moretaste some wines. Came back late and they were setting up a tasting for some people but again, we were ignored, so we left. We returned the food day, unfortunately. This time we walked in to ask about a tasting. We booked one for an hour later. We went to the Páteo across the street to wait. Highly recommend their craft cocktails. When we returned to the wine shop for our tasting, the woman acted as though it was an imposition to help us. She literally poured first taste saying "Here is your wine" about to run out into the street to talk to her friends. But she stopped short long enough to tell us the name of the winery and what we were tasting. Then she left us alone with a sample of white wine, She was gone forever. I got up to browse the wines on the walk. I thought maybe that was all we would get to try but it didn't seem right. Finally, she returned. Poured taste and left. Each time she left. We went to the walk to select the bottles of wines we wanted. We bought 2 from the 4 we tasted. 1 organic red wine. One red that was more expensive version of the red we tried & 25 Euro. And a grape jam. We schlepped the wine back to to Airbnb and went to open a bottle, only to discover she had given us the wrong white. So off we went back to the store. The women was there. N apology or nothing. Then they charge us an additional Euro. They acted like they couldn't change my 20 euro bill and wanted me to use my US credit card for one euro. For their mistake, they insisted on us paying the additional Euro. Okay fine. We open the organic one. The sediment is insane!! When I got the 25 euro bottle from its holder, it was covered with dirt, like it had rolled on the ground. We tasted the two reds today. "Why did we think we like these," we wondered.. It's a shame because now I am reticent to try any wine from the Alentejo region at all.

Very nice winery and we got the tour in Portuguese, because an English tour did not fit in with our…read moreschedule, however it was fun, we were grouped with a large group from Brazil. The wines and small bites we had were delicious, I loved their full body, dry red wine very tasty, This winery had a lot of awards and wine tasting in Portugal is inexpensive, a tour plus wine tasting can cost between 3-10 euros. Beautiful property, if you have a time go an visit this place.

Evora is about an hour and twenty min drive/train from Lisbon. It's either a long day trip or a…read morenice one night stay. The hotels are decent, the locals are friendly and the sights are consuming enough for a day or two (Roman ruins, chapel of bones etc) Couched in this one night stay are an impressive array of local-sourced restaurants. My only regret is that we didn't stay longer to try more. Cartuxa Enoteca is one of several I had on my list to try and it did not disappoint. We ordered: Mushroom, sheeps milk cheese and mint gratin - outstanding! Sautéed squid, chilli, lemon and rosemary - great Sliced beef tongue- I didn't eat it but others at my table loved it! Fries in olive oil - good (I had the audacity to ask for mayo in a place that I believe make their own oil - they politely declined and said "no sauces - only olive oil taste") A couple of diff glasses of their reserve red - both were delicious The olive oil pudding - an absolute must try. I left extremely satisfied.

If you ever EVER have the opportunity to visit - please do. We had the blessing of meeting the…read moretalented wine maker - Sandra and her skill and knowledge are out of this world. Dona Maria's wine match the beauty of their wine maker - this is a MUST do!!

Beautiful modern winery just outside of Evora. Our tour guide arranged a visit and wine tasting…read more Very interesting and educational. We tasted 2 white wines and 2 reds, all great serves with some cheese, crackers, and salami. They also have restaurant with what like look a very nice menu.

Great wineries and very friendly people. Typical Alentejo wine with grapes Touriga, Alicante…read moreBouschet and Trincadeira

This location most of the tour bus will not enter. Because it has rural road with limestone…read morepavement and tight corners. Tour bus usually don't come here. This location is about 5 miles west of Évora. This archaeological site consists arranging stone pattern. This archaeological site may be 6000 years BC. Who know. Very similar to Stonehenge. Some stone has carving on it. I am not sure about the significance. It is arrange in the ecliptic shape at the stones position. It may be alien arrange this.