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DRINK

Rota dos Vinhos
do Alentejo
EXPERIENCE Alentejo In Évora, you can pick up
The Alentejo has a
reputation for
producing some of the
best wines in Portugal.
details of the region’s
wineries, or sample
some of the wines in
this tasting room.
! E5 ⌂ Praça Joaquim
António de Aguiar
20–21, Évora
∑vinhosdoalentejo.pt
Esporão
This vineyard dates
back to the 13th
century. The 700
hectares of vineyards
are home to over
40 grape varieties.
! F5 ⌂Apartado 31,
Reguengos de Monsaraz
∑ esporao.com
L’And Vineyards
A wine resort that
14 Montemor-o-Novo’s offers wine courses and
ruined castle, watching
Montemor -o-Novo over the town below has its own Michelin-
starred restaurant
! E5 @ n Largo Calouste ! E5 ⌂ Herdade das
Gulbenkian; 266 A former convent in the upper Valadas, Estrada
898 103
town now houses the Museu Nacional 4, Montemor-
Montemor was fortified by de Arqueologia, displaying o-Novo ∑ l-and.com
the Romans and then by local archaeological finds and
the Moors – the Arab warrior antique farming tools.
Al-Mansur is remembered in
the name of the Almançor Museu de Arqueologia
river. The town, regained from " ⌂ Convento de São with Spain. Now a pretty
the Moors in the reign of Domingos, Largo Professor backwater, it has known more
Sancho I, was awarded its first Dr Banha de Andrade § 266 turbulent times. Regained from
charter in 1203. The castle, re - 890 235 # 10am–1pm, the Moors in 1167 by the
built in the late 13th century, 3–5pm Tue–Sun ¢ Public hols intrepid adventurer Geraldo
is now a ruin crowning the hill. Sem-Pavor (the Fearless), the
Montemor’s 17th-century town was handed over to the
Igreja Matriz stands in Largo 15 militant Knights Templar. It
São João de Deus, named continued to suffer from
after the saint who was born Monsaraz Spanish attack, but in 1381
nearby in 1495. The Order of ! F5 @ n Rua Direita; assault came from an
Brothers Hospitallers that 927 997 316 unexpected quarter. Troops
St John of God founded of the Earl of Cambridge,
evolved from his care for the The tiny medieval walled town Portugal’s ally, were enraged
sick. He notably looked after of Monsaraz perches above the by lack of pay and the
found lings and prisoners. Guadiana river on the frontier annulment of the earl’s
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