Private Full-Day Tour of Évora and Beja from Algarve
Portimão, Portugal
Trip Type: Private Day Trips
Duration: 9 hours
This 9-hour guided tour invites you to explore Beja and Évora, classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage City, due to its excellent preservation along the centuries. Very little differences exist between walking in Évora today or some centuries ago. This town has been developing itself without losing its primitive characteristics. That's why it deserved this "prize" from UNESCO. Do a walking tour and visit the highlights of the town. The roman Diana Temple, the cathedral and the Saint Francis Church with the famous bone's chapel.
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This 9-hour guided tour invites you to explore Beja and Évora, classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage City, due to its excellent preservation along the centuries. Very little differences exist between walking in Évora today or some centuries ago. This town has been developing itself without losing its primitive characteristics. That's why it deserved this "prize" from UNESCO. Do a walking tour and visit the highlights of the town. The roman Diana Temple, the cathedral and the Saint Francis Church with the famous bone's chapel.
After being picked-up in Algarve, the tour will stop in Beja, the "Princess of the Alentejo" . Explore the medieval castle in the historical quarter of town. Afterward, drive to Évora by the countryside roads of Alentejo, for a beautiful sightseeing tour by minivan.
In Évora, there will be time to walk its historical center and "feel" the atmosphere of the centuries old town, and visit the enigmatic church of St. Francis and its Chapel of the Bones. The tour will continue up the narrow streets of the old town to the Giraldo Square, where the Inquisition was once headquartered.
You will also have time to explore the millennium old Roman temple, referred to as the Templo de Diana, and get a glimpse at the 12th century cathedral. In the distant 16th century, Évora thrived with culture and tradition in its university.
After such an intensive cultural morning it will be time to enjoy the pleasures of one of the most creative cuisines of Portugal in some of the local "alentejano" restaurants. Your guide will help you to choose. Afterward, it's back to Algarve.
After being picked-up in Algarve, the tour will stop in Beja, the "Princess of the Alentejo" . Explore the medieval castle in the historical quarter of town. Afterward, drive to Évora by the countryside roads of Alentejo, for a beautiful sightseeing tour by minivan.
In Évora, there will be time to walk its historical center and "feel" the atmosphere of the centuries old town, and visit the enigmatic church of St. Francis and its Chapel of the Bones. The tour will continue up the narrow streets of the old town to the Giraldo Square, where the Inquisition was once headquartered.
You will also have time to explore the millennium old Roman temple, referred to as the Templo de Diana, and get a glimpse at the 12th century cathedral. In the distant 16th century, Évora thrived with culture and tradition in its university.
After such an intensive cultural morning it will be time to enjoy the pleasures of one of the most creative cuisines of Portugal in some of the local "alentejano" restaurants. Your guide will help you to choose. Afterward, it's back to Algarve.
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