M'Ar De Ar Aqueduto Évora
Rua Candido dos Reis, 72 Évora, Alentejo, 7000, Portugal
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From Evora to Carmona
After checking out of our Pousada in Evora, Portugal, we had about a two hour ride to our next stop, Merida, Spain. The Roman city of Merida, found by the Emperor Augustus, was one of the most important cities of the Roman Empire, definitely the most important settlement in Hispania and effectively its capital.
There we visited the Teatro Romano, a huge outdoor theater built in 16-15 BC ...
Second day in Evora
... students broke out in the square. When we returned to the Pousada, Timothy, our tour director, shared a tasting of a couple of kinds of port with us. In the eary evening we returned to the Cathedral for a concert given by the college orchestra and choral group including selections by Bach and Schubert. Then it was time to go to dinner which was delicious as usual. Jeff had pork cheeks which were tender and succulent. I had thought that ...
Day 3
... cover the landscape. There are many storks in the area we passed through and we could see their huge nests on the tops of steeples and chimneys. We also caught glimpses of the storks themselves. We made a brief stop in Corval, one center of Portuguese pottery artisans. Beautiful hand decorated platters, bowls, pitchers, etc. They didn't have tiles which we are somewhat interested in and they didn't ship so we didn't buy anything. Instead we looked around the town and admired ...
Elvas y Evora
... br> The drive was very nice, with the landscape being noticeably different from Spain, greener with more lush vegetation and tighter rolling hills. We noticed quite a few cork tree groves along the way, with the occasional tree stripped of the bark from the thicker part of the trunk. We will try to get a photo. Cork is one of the biggest export markets of Portugal. Apparently a tree can only be stripped every 9 years, so it must be ...
Evora - World Heritage Site
... on it. That means it was harvested in 2011. It will not be ready for harvest again until 2020. He also stated they use a special knife to harvest the cork bark.
On the ground beneath the trees were numerous acorn looking seeds. That somewhat supports my theory that the trees look very similar to oak trees.
We got back in the car and found ourselves back at home in four short ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Mar De Ar Aqueduto



