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Quinta da Espada Évora

Apartado 68, Estrada de Arraiolos Km 4 Évora, Alentejo, 7002-501, Portugal

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Day 3- Lisbon and Evora

A travel blog entry by awilde

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... in English.
There were so many churches, cathedrals and chapels in Evora, that we didn't have enough time to see them all!

Our dinner meal consisted of fresh goats cheese with fig jam, savoury empanadas stuffed with partridge and roast garlic, and individual pork pies. The food was light, and despite the quantity, didn't weigh me down in the slightest. We walked back to the hotel and collapsed into bed after another full-on day.
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Montemor-o-novo

A travel blog entry by viva.sabata

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... cantilevered balconies and chutes that allow a vertical means of firing - machications and murder holes - that Jed would have dumped rocks, hot oil, and mean cats down onto the enemy. The keep is accessed by a dizzying, quad burning spiral staircase constructed of stone. It led up to an impressive domed room at the top that is apparently used by the local kids to party and urinate in the ...

Practically perfect in every way

A travel blog entry by robertjscottjr

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... is both a commercial center and the spot where locals come to sit and talk with one another. But we were on a mission, and there was no time for conviviality right now!

A few minutes later we were at Évora’s beautiful cathedral, which offered sweeping views of the surrounding countryside. From there we visited perhaps one of the strangest sights in Europe—the Bone Chapel. The intentionally thought-provoking message above the ...

New Year's Eve and Stefano's birthday

A travel blog entry by heathalessleofo

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... city to see as much as we could. We didn’t want to stay here longer than New Year’s Day so this could be our last chance.

The city has walls around it and we parked just outside them. We found out that the cathedral was the only place we wanted to see that would be closing, so we headed straight there. It was nice, but not all that impressive. Until we realized that we were standing in a regular church and nowhere ...

'e-vor-a cork hat.

A travel blog entry by joeljenaturner

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... have a commonality of selling cork related items. Cork hats, shoes, wallets, umbrellas. It’s almost like whatever you would typically make out of leather, you can make out of cork. This is awesome news if you’re pescatarian like us! They even had cork postcards. Look out family!

And so we kept walking and as we wandered around the angry lion crept over again and we were soon sent ...

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