Évora & Arraiolos Full-Day Tour

Tour Description

This tour invites you to explore Évora, classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage City, due to its excellent preservation through the centuries. Little differences exist between walking in Évora today or some centuries ago. This town has been developing itself without losing its primitive characteristics, which is why it deserved this “prize” from UNESCO.

After leaving Lisbon, drive to Évora by the countryside roads of Alentejo, for a beautiful sightseeing tour by car. In Évora, you will have enough time to walk in its historical center and feel the atmosphere of this town. You will visit its famous Roman Temple and its Cathedral from the 12th century. You will have the pleasure to discover the interior of Évora’s University, founded in the 16th century. Here, besides the possibility of admiring its architectural aspects, you will feel also the true environment of the Portuguese student youth. This visit is obviously different from the usual tourism programs, but this isn’t the only original part of the tour…When walking in Évora, experience an amazing contemporary handicraft studio. The artwork of the young and nice artist couple that owns this place is very original, and because of that they have already received many handicraft prizes! What is good stands out...and they are already referred to in some international guides (like Lonely Planet) that are famous for indicating the genuine spots of each country. Their name is “Oficina da Terra” and visiting them (Closed on Sundays) is for sure an “off the beaten track” part of the tour.

After lunch in Évora, follow to Arraiolos, where you will meet the typical Alentejo village: the white immaculate houses with some blue or yellow stripes, the castle at the top of the village that keeps guard over the fields of Alentejo, the typical slow pace of its people that know very well the “art of living”, and the embroiderers working in the streets making the famous and genuine Arraiolos carpets.

This tour tries to offer you, above all, tranquility and a sample of the real Portugal, hidden very often by other more crowded tours.

Schedule:

9:30 - 5:30 (times are suggested, but flexible)

Note 1:

You will be picked up at your hotel and return to it at the end of the tour.

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