Discover the best top things to do in Alentejo, Portugal including Monte da Ravasqueira, Convento S. Francisco, Megalithica Ebora, Observatorio do Lago Alqueva, Casa Museu Quinta da Esperanca, Centro de Ciencia do Cafe, Museu da Musica Mecanica, Museu de Evora, Museu do Relogio, Museu da Tapecaria.
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Located in the village of Arraiolos, one hour away from Lisbon, Monte da Ravasqueira has maintained a three-generation link to the Jose de Mello family since 1943. The vast area of typical Alentejo landscape and the unique geological and climatic conditions found here led Jose Manuel de Mello to believe that Monte da Ravasqueira had everything to be a producer of high-quality wines. Today, Monte da Ravasqueira extends over approximately 3,000 hectares, 45 of which are dedicated to vineyards. In keeping with the quality and character of its wines, blending tradition, innovation, and dedication to the art and science of winemaking. Monte da Ravasqueira also develops other activities related to cork, cattle, fattening of the Alentejo black pig, as well as the production of honey and olive oil, besides the wine tourism activities such as especially designed wine tasting, courses, and visits.
We visited this winery on a beautiful spring day. Our guide Enez was wonderful and the property is lovely. At the end of the tour we enjoyed a lunch of delicious local specialities , plenty of wine and tasty desserts in a very relaxed setting.It is a quick drive from Evora and nice to see the surrounding countryside .
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Many friends who had been to Portugal highly recommended Mario and this tour and so glad we went! We learned so much about the Megalithic era, and also about contemporary Portugal -- politics, people, culture, history, food -- in an easy-going natural way. Mario's enthusiasm for archeology is infectious, and he is so personable and friendly that the tour seems like a walk with friends rather than a formal tour. It's obvious he enjoys what he's doing. Just great!!
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The Observatorio do Lago Alqueva – OLA (Lake Alqueva Observatory) is an astronomical observatory next to the medieval village of Monsaraz. OLA offers almost daily tours of the magnificent night sky of Monsaraz, where one can learn the orientation by the North Star, identify the constellations and know their legends, relate stellar colours with their ages, observe star clusters, nebulas and distant galaxies with the help of telescopes. The explanations are presented with clear examples and language by OLA’s guides. When the weather is cloudy, we resort to a simulation using astronomy software. The observatory also promotes courses on astronomy and astrophotography and has a vast program of outreach talks and activities for the general public, schools and senior groups.
We had a great evening with Nelson (and other families). He explained a lot about the (newborn) stars, planets, galaxies etcetera. And showed them with his telescopes. He has an enormous knowledge and can explain it very well. And every question was answered in a very clear way.
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Historical museum that describes the trajectory of this house built in 1595 and the family Barahona, a portuguese family of Counts that lived in this house until the actual days.
I visited in April 2019 having known the house had been restored. The restoration has been done very sensitively and brings the history back to life. Very friendly and helpful tour guides who showed me around and spoke good English. Definitely worth a visit
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A great diversity of learning approaches taken to keep the visitor interest up. My wife and I loved the smuggling coffee game and our barista one-on one knowledge booster session. The whole place is sprinkled with fun facts and the treatment of human coffee culture is especially fun.
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The collections of the Museum of Evora consist of about 20 thousand pieces, which highlight the collections of Painting, Sculpture and Archaeology. Besides the aesthetic value and historical importance of many works, the only condition is the panorama of museums in Portugal, the fact that its core come from an eighteenth-century collection of great diversity and inclusiveness, organized by Frei Manuel of the Upper Room, Archbishop of Evora. It is in the organization of the collections system, in order to articulate all fields of knowledge, which expresses the thinking Library-Museum and its educational function in the second half of the eighteenth century in Portugal. This initial condition and this universalistic core also part of the collections of Numismatic unfortunately looted during the French invasions, the collections of drawings and prints, and the core of Naturalia, where they meet several specimens of Natural Sciences. The extinction of the religious orders contributed significantly to extend the estate, benefiting from the collections of Painting and Sculpture, and Decorative Arts with the constitution of several nuclei important as jewelery, ceramics, furniture and textiles. Conducting numerous archaeological excavations during the twentieth century, especially on the Prehistory and Roman times, has enriched the Museum's collection, deepening the relationship with the history of the city and the region.
This is an interesting museum with an excellent English audio guide to explain the exhibits. It provides an interesting overview to the history of Évora and the region.
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The museum is incredible, the lady who received us is extremely nice and the work shown is invaluable. The best thing we did in Portalegre, hands down.
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