Portugal

A tourist home in the village

In the small village called Monsaraz in Alentejo, Portugal, we stayed in a B&B on the main road whose name is Casa Dona Antonia. I was lucky to get a nice suite with a…

Portugal

The village you should visit

 From Evora in Portugal, we took a bus and a taxi to get to a tiny hilltop village called Monsaraz. Only 800 people are living here and they are rapidly losing population, but being…

Portugal

Transport in Portugal

To get to the pretty village Monsaraz in Alentejo, Portugal, you have to change bus at a town called Reguengos de Monsaraz.The local people pronounce the name of this town as if they…

Portugal

At the Cathedral in Evora

 In Evora in Portugal, we visited the cathedral and went up to the roof straight away. The weather was nice and the view was wonderful, so went back down with satisfaction. And then we…

Evora

Pousada in Evora

In Evora, Portugal, we stayed in a hotel called Pousada, which used to be a convent. It became a luxurious hotel in 1965, apparently. The lower building on the right in the photo…

Portugal

Meat, entirely

This is a restaurant I went in Evora in Portugal.In this country, the starters are brought to you without your asking them, which I experienced in Porto in the north of Portugal, too.They…

Portugal

Bonfire

 In Girald square in Evora, the main city in Alentejo in Portugal, they were having a bonfire. There was a big tree lying next to it to put some wood into it. We asked the…

Portugal

Walking in Evora

 The destination of our trip was Alentejo region in Portugal. Evora is the main city here. I had heard that this city has got a long history since Roman era, so I had imagined…

Lisbon

The hotel we stayed

This is not a corridor to changing rooms for a swimming pool, but a corridor of a hotel we stayed in Lisbon. We chose this because it is located right in the centre…