Wine Experience in Évora

Discover the charming city of Évora with a winetour that unites history, culture and wine tourism. Start your morning exploring the historic centre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Visit the iconic Cathedral of Évora, the Roman Temple and the Bone Chapel. After a typical delicious lunch, head to Herdade da Cartuxa, famous for its fine wines. Participate in a wine tasting. A unique experience in Alentejo!
The availability to visit the winery will depend on the winery’s schedule.

Travel from the Lisbon region (visitor accommodation) to Evóra, in a comfortable and spacious vehicle, a 9-seater Mercedes Vito.

The Walls of Évora are one of the city’s delights and have the power to transport us to times immemorial. They have been classified as a national monument since 1922 and are an integral part of the Historic Centre of Évora, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Évora is one of the few cities in Portugal that has preserved its ancient walls almost untouched over time. It was D. Afonso IV of Portugal who ordered the construction of the Walls of Évora in the 14th century.

As a whole, the enclosure consists of the towers and sections of the wall that mark the limits of the medieval city. We have, then, the Towers of Rampa dos Colegiais, the Bastion of São Bartolomeu, the Public Garden of Évora, the Portas de Aviz, those located near the Convento do Calvário, and between the Bastion of the Count of Lippe and the Cavalry Barracks.

The Walls of Évora, also known as the Roman fence, constitute a defensive complex of military architecture, which was built over centuries.

The Capela dos Ossos is one of Évora’s best-known monuments, perhaps its most iconic landmark. It is located in Praça 1º de Maio and is part of the equally well-known Igreja de São Francisco. One of the experiences in Alentejo that you can’t miss!

The Capela dos Ossos was built in the 17th century by three Franciscan friars whose aim was to convey the message of the transience and fragility of human life. This message is clearly conveyed to visitors right at the entrance, through the sign: “We bones that are here, await yours”. It basically shows the macabre taste of Baroque man for necrophilia.

The Aqueduto da Água de Prata in Évora is, due to its size, one of the most obvious and impressive monuments in the city. It reminds us of the ingenuity that was needed to provide water to all the people of Évora since ancient times. For this and other reasons, it has been a National Monument since 1910.
The construction of the Aqueduto da Água de Prata was started by order of D. João III in 1532. Under the direction of the royal architect Francisco de Arruda, 18km of aqueduct was built from Herdade do Divor, where it would supply water, to the centre of Évora.
The Renaissance-style granite pipes and arches were most likely built on the old Roman aqueduct. Completed in 1537, the inauguration of the Aqueduct was held in the presence of the king and the court, in Praça do Giraldo, where a fountain was built.

The Roman Temple of Évora is one of the grandest and best preserved Roman temples in the entire Iberian Peninsula, and was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986. It is the city’s symbol. It is one of Évora’s most important historical landmarks and is also one of the most visible symbols of the Roman occupation of the city. Built in the Corinthian style, the Roman temple was built at the beginning of the 1st century AD. Even today, this approximately 2,000-year-old building is known as the Temple of Diana due to a legend created in the 17th century that associated the construction of the “Temple of Diana” in Évora in honour of the Roman goddess of hunting. History would later reveal that, in fact, the Roman Temple of Évora was built to pay homage to Emperor Augustus, who was venerated as a god, and was part of what would later become the Roman forum. It was modified in the two centuries that followed (2nd and 3rd AD) and partially destroyed in the 5th century, during the invasion of barbarians.

The Cathedral of Évora or Sé de Évora, its real name is Basílica Sé de Nossa Senhora da Assunção. It is the largest medieval cathedral in Portugal and has no parallel in the rest of the country.

The Sé de Évora “protects” the city from its highest point, the chosen location for other iconic buildings in Évora such as the Roman Temple of Évora (Temple of Diana), the Évora Museum or the Eugénio de Almeida Art and Culture Centre.

The Cathedral of Évora, whose construction began in 1186 and was consecrated in 1204, was only completed in 1250. It is a fascinating and imposing monument. Made entirely of granite, it is marked by the transition from the Romanesque to the Gothic style.

It was improved during the 15th and 16th centuries, with the upper choir, the pulpit, the baptistery and the arch of the Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Piedade or Capela do Esporão (1529) all from this period. This chapel in the Évora Cathedral is an unusual example of hybrid Plateresque architecture.

Évora owes its importance to a thousand-year-old history that dates back to prehistoric times. But history overtook it, making it one of the most notable Roman cities in Lusitania – Ebora Liberalitas Júlia – of which numerous remains remain, notably the Roman Temple. It subsequently became one of the great urban centres in the south of the Portuguese kingdom, a constant place of visit and stay for monarchs. It saw the birth and development of the first brilliant features of Gothic architecture, combined with the heritage of the “Moorish” or Arab world in the so-called “Mudejar style”, during the 15th and 16th centuries. It was later influenced by humanism and it was there that some of the first great architectural works of the Iberian Renaissance appeared, around 1530.
These different moments turned it into a kind of heritage jewel, which the centuries have not hesitated to adapt, but which maintains intact an atmosphere of authenticity and monumentality that transform it into a true “museum city”.

The Pousada Convento Évora or Pousada dos Loios is located in the museum city of Évora, considered a World Heritage Site. The Pousada is situated between the Gothic Cathedral of Évora and the Roman Temple and very close to Praça do Giraldo and the Colégio do Espírito Santo.

The building preserves traces of its original architecture, such as the cloisters of the inner courtyard, a space of tranquility and peace, where you will find an outdoor swimming pool and a relaxation area.

The Pousada has the Loios restaurant, located in the cloisters of the convent, where you can taste the best local and regional cuisine, in a lunch that is certainly memorable.

Vasco Maria Eugénio de Almeida created the Eugénio de Almeida Foundation with the commitment to do more for people, for more people. It is the productive activity that supports this operational aspect of the Foundation, enabling the achievement of its mission.
The Foundation has more than 600 hectares of vineyards. Each plot is worked individually throughout the year, according to age, grape variety or soil characteristics, always with the wine for which it is intended.
The Cartuxa winery at Quinta de Valbom is today one of the aging centers for the wines produced by the Eugénio de Almeida Foundation. The Cartuxa Monte de Pinheiros winery has the most advanced technology and allows us to receive all the grapes produced in the vineyards.
At the end of the visit, you will have a tasting of 3 specially selected wines, including the famous Pera Manca.

Transfer to the visitor’s accommodation (Lisbon region) in a comfortable and spacious vehicle, a 9-seater Mercedes Vito.

• Service animals allowed
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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