Stop #7: Elvas is a town about 10 miles from the Spanish border. It wasn’t a major destination, but we had to stop to see the gigantic aqueduct. At some points there were 5 stacked arches (including the really little arches you can see in the photos). Elvas is a UNESCO world heritage site (The […]
Stop #3: Évora, a university town, is the capital of the central Alentejo. It sits on a hill (as every city in Portugal seems to do), and it is surrounded by cork and olive trees. The central main section of town in Évora is a UNESCO World Heritage site. You will see that the streets […]
Stop #2: We stopped in Marvão after Tomar, and we couldn’t believe the views of the mountains from the top of the hills (@2,800 feet). Marvão is a medieval fortress town at the top of a cliff. The sun was setting and we caught this beautiful town at sunset. Randy is not a fan of […]
Our first stop on our trip through Portugal and Spain was Tomar, Portugal. There, we visited the Convent of Christ, which was originally a 12th-century Templar stronghold (the convent was founded by the Order of Poor Knights of the Temple, or Templar Knights, in 1118). The Convent and Castle complex are a UNESCO World Heritage […]