Accommodation

Alentejo

Beja Beja Parque Hotel Hotel Bejense Hotel accommodation / Hotel / **** Hotel accommodation / Hotel / *** Address: Rua Francisco Miguel Duarte, nº 1 7800-510 Address: Rua Capitão João Francisco de Sousa, 57 7800 Beja - 451 Beja Telephone: +351 284 310 500 Fax: +351 284 310 508 Telephone: +351 284 311 570 Fax: +351 284 311 579 E-mail: [email protected] Website: E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.bejaparquehotel.com http://www.residencialbejense.com

Hotel Melius Hotel Santa Bárbara Hotel accommodation / Hotel / *** Hotel accommodation / Hotel / *** Address: Av. Fialho de Almeida 7800 - 395 Beja Address: Rua de Mértola, 56 7800 - 475 Beja Telephone: +351 284 313 080 Fax: +351 284 321 825 Telephone: +351 284 312 280 Fax: +351 284 312 289 E-mail: [email protected] Website: E-mail: [email protected] http://www.hotel-melius.com Website: http://www.residencialsantabarbara.pt

Parque de Campismo Municipal de Beja Pousada Convento de Beja Camping / Public Hotel accommodation / Pousada Address: Av. Vasco da Gama 7800-397 BEJA Address: Largo D. Nuno Álvares Pereira - Apartado 63 Telephone: +351 284 311 911 Fax: +351 284 311 929 7801-901 Beja Telephone: +351 284 313 580 Fax: +351 284 329 143 E-mail: [email protected] Website: Pousada de Juventude de Beja http://www.pousadas.pt Youth Hostels Address: R. Prof. Janeiro Acabado 7800-506 Beja Telephone: +351 284 325 458 Fax: +351 284 325 468 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.pousadasjuventude.pt

Cuba Albergaria da Esperança Local accommodation Address: Quinta da Esperança7940-256 Quinta da EsperançaCuba Telephone: +351 284 412 808 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.quintadaesperanca.pt

2013 Turismo de . All rights reserved. 1/18 [email protected] Ferreira do Casa Verde Tourism in a Manor House Address: Praça Comendador Infante Passanha Nº 20, 22 - 7900-571 Telephone: +351 284 083 004 / 967 877 137 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://clientes.netvisao.pt/cverdetu/

Vidigueira Alqueva Rural Camping & Car Park Camping / Public Address: Estrada Nacional 258 Km 38,5 Pedrogão 7960 Telephone: +351 21 355 20 70 Fax: +351 21 354 85 40 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.dosdin.pt/camping

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By Rail Transports

CP - Comboios de Portugal (www.cp.pt), the Portuguese railway AirPortugal’s excellent geographical position makes it a stopover company, offers a vast rail network covering the whole of point for many foreign airlines at airports all over the mainland Portugal and also offers international train services to country:Lisbon - Portela Airport - Phone: 218 413 500 Oporto - Vigo, Madrid and Paris.There are a number of options to meet Dr. Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport - Phone: 229 432 (...) (...)

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Centro de Portugal

Águeda Tiago Bettencourt Music Contacts CAA Centro de Artes de Águeda Website: https://radiocomercial.iol.pt/artigo/tiago- bettencourt-rumo-ao-eclipse-tour Start Date: 2021-12-11 End Date: 2021-12-11 Timetable: 9:30 PM;

Author of several reference compositions of the new Portuguese music, and always in Portuguese, it was more than fifteen years ago that embarked on that which would be his first studio adventure, with the Toranja, scoring forever the Portuguese (...)

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Alentejo

Beja Castelo de Beja Convento da Conceição - Beja Beja Castle, while resting on Roman fortifications, was rebuilt by Address: Largo da Conceição 7800-131 Beja king Dinis in 1310. This is the structure, part of the king´s The Convent was founded in 1459 on the initiative of princes reinforcement of national defences, that can now be seen. Fernando and Brites, parents of king Manuel I, for a group of Claris nuns (the feminine branch of the Order of Saint Francis) During the 16th century, certain improvements were carried (...) and dedicated to Our Lady of Conception. Although the nuns (...)

Igreja da Misericórdia de Beja Igreja de Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres - Beja Address: Praça da República 7800-427 Beja Address: Largo dos Prazeres 7800-001 Beja In the first quarter of the 16th century, the Duke of Beja, Prince Luis, son of Manuel I, ordered its construction on the site that Church of Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres - Beja was due to be the city´s abattoir. The grandiosity of the project The Church of Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres was built in 1672. Key he was undertaking made him change ideas instead (...) features of the interior include the main chapel, topped by a dome with a skylight, decorated with 18th-century azulejo tiles and large (...) Igreja de Santo Amaro / Núcleo Visigótico do Museu Regional Address: Largo de Santo Amaro 7800 Beja Igreja do Pé da Cruz - Beja Address: Rua do Pé da Cruz 7800-047 Beja The original Church of Santo Amaro (Saint Amaro) dates back to the end of the 5th century, the time when the Visigoths were Although there are remains of the church built on the same site settling the region. It is a fine example of Paleo-Christian during the 15th century, the current building dates from the 17th architecture in Portugal and the main reason for it becoming (...) century and was the then centre for the Brotherhood of Adoration of the Cross. Its construction and dedication were (...) Museu Regional Rainha D. Leonor - Beja Address: Largo da Conceição 7800-131 Beja Sé Catedral de Beja Telephone: +351 284 323 351 Fax: +351 284 322 702 Address: Largo do Lidador, 77800-265 Beja E-mail: [email protected] Website: Telephone: +351 284 323 159 http://www.museuregionaldebeja.net A Mannerist temple in the heart of the Alentejo.The parish of Timetable: Santiago Maior is one of the oldest in Beja. Originally it was 9.30am - 12.30pm / 2pm - 5.15pm; Closed: Monday and Public based in the Church of Santo Amaro, but in the 14th century it Holidays; was transferred to this locale, where a church already (...)

Founded in 1927, the Rainha D. Leonor (Queen Leonor) Regional Museum is located in both the Convento of Conceição (Conception), home to its main collection, and the Church of Santo Amaro (Saint Amaro), where the Visigoth exhibits are on (...)

Cuba

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Moura Museu de Arte Sacra de Moura Address: Rua da República, 18 7860-245 MOURA Telephone: +351 285 251 421/375 Fax: +351 284 824 500 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.diocese- beja.pt Timetable: From Tuesday to Sunday: 10 a.m.-1 p.m./2:30 p.m.-6 p.m. Closed: Monday, 1st January, Easter sunday and 25th December;

Housed in the Igreja de São Pedro since 2004, the Sacred Art Museum exhibits a group of objects used for devotional and liturgical purposes, presented to the public in an impressive display under the title of “Visions of the Invisible – Sacred (...)

Odemira Pardieiro Address: São Martinho das Amoreiras 7630

Serpa Muralhas de Address: Serpa King Dinis ordered the building of this imposing defensive structure made of sturdy walls stretching up to the imposing turrets. However, given its strategic location on the Roman road connecting Beja with the south of Hispania, in addition to its (...)

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The "Cante Alentejano" (Alentejo Song) is World Heritage Portugal has, in its cultural heritage, a very genuine musical expression, unique in the world, the "Cante Alentejano" (Alentejo Song), now recognised as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.Among the 46 candidates for the (...)

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Pulo do Lobo Other informations: Pulo do Lobo;

Pulo do Lobo (literally Wolf`s Leap) is a waterfall located at an altitude of between 33 and 35 metres in a very narrow gorge in the River . The difference in levels is caused by the effects over time produced by the various geological (...)

Alentejo

Aljustrel Albufeira do Roxo

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Rural Charm Hotels in Portugal The Urban Sketchers on the Alentejo and Algarve Portugal by... Condé Nast TravelerThe reason why there are so Trails many really well-designed country hotels in Portugal is a Sketch Tour Portugal invited two sketchers who enjoy walking mystery. Or maybe not. In any case there is no scientific tours to call attention to the Alentejo and Algarve trails. Linda explanation to justify the high level of rural chic style of our (...) Toolsema, from The , was welcomed by Pedro Cabral, a Portuguese, and together they discovered the less (...)

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Lisboa Region

Setúbal Reserva Natural do Estuário do Sado E-mail: [email protected] Website: https://natural.pt/protecte d-areas/reserva-natural-estuario-sado?locale=pt;https://n atural.pt/protected-areas/reserva-natural-estuario- sado?locale=en Contacts Head-office:Praça da República - 2900-587 SETÚBAL Tel.:+351 265 541 140 Other informations: Tradicional Country House Accommodation: Carrasqueira A Cabana do Pai do Tomás CCI n.º 3700 Carrasqueira, 7580-613 Comporta Phone: +351 265 532 996/ 79 - Fax: +351 265 539 663 E-mail: [email protected] www.mil-andancas.pt/pages/cabana/ Characteristics and Services: Signposted routes; Park area: 23.160 ha.; Altitude: Máx - 36m; min - 0m; Accommodation facilities available;

The River Sado is born in the Serra da Vigia, near Beja, and winds its way across the plains of the Alentejo, travelling 180 km north until they flow into the sea near Setúbal. The river’s estuary commences close to Alcácer do Sal, a highly (...)

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Alentejo The plains that extend as far as the eye can see start close to the Tagus. While to the north, the pace is set by the green of the flatlands, further south the landscape combines with the sun, the heat and a slower pace of life. This is the (...)

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Budget - Beja Address: Hotel Beja Parque - Rua 1 de Maio, 17800-510 Beja Telephone: +351 284 324 749 Fax: +351 284 324 759 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.budget.com.pt : from Monday to Friday: 8.20am - 12pm / 2.30pm - 7pm;

Alentejo

Beja Avis - Beja Europcar - Beja Address: Hotel Beja Parque - Rua 1º de Maio, 17800-510 Address: Rua Luis de Camões n.º 1 - Cave 7800-421 Beja Beja Telephone: +351 284 328 128 Fax: +351 284 328 169 Telephone: +351 284 324 749 Fax: +351 284 324 759 E-mail: [email protected] Website: E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.europcar.pt http://www.avis.com.pt

: 8.30 am - 12.00 am / 2.30 pm - 7.00 pm (Monday to Friday);

Hertz - Beja Address: Parque Industrial II - Rua do fomento,1 7801-901 Beja Telephone: +351 284 323 858 Fax: +351 284 323 783 Website: http://www.hertz.com.pt Opening Hours: 9.00 am - 12.30 am / 2.30 pm - 06.30 pm (Monday to Friday)

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Alentejo

Beja Pavilhão de Caça Restaurante da Pousada Convento de Beja Address: Herdade da Figueirinha, Santa Vitória, Address: Largo D. Nuno Álvares Pereira, 7801-901 Beja 7800-730 Beja Telephone: +351 284 313 580 Telephone: +351 284 970 100 E-mail: [email protected] Website: E-mail: [email protected] Website: https://www.vilaga https://www.pestana.com/pt/hotel/pousada-beja le.com/pt/hoteis/alentejo/vila-gale-clube-de-campo

Mértola O Brasileiro Address: Cerro de S. Luís, 7750-352 Mértola Telephone: +351 286 612 660 E-mail: [email protected] Website: https://www.obrasileiro.pt

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Discovering the baroque in Portugal Portuguese Music Festivals

Travel across Portugal from north to south, including a trip to the Music, sun and sea, partying every night and 850 km of beaches: archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores, and discover the it is one of the best combinations in music festivals in Portugal. fascinating icons that illustrate the “Golden Age” in But there are other programs where the calm richness of sound Portugal.Having arrived in Portugal later than it did in the rest blends perfectly with historical heritage or rural (...) (...)

Alentejo

Flavours of Alentejo The Urban Sketchers on the Alentejo and Algarve Creativity and imagination in using very simple ingredients has Trails made Alentejo cuisine a surprising mix of flavours and proof of Sketch Tour Portugal invited two sketchers who enjoy walking the hospitality of the Alentejo people.The province was once a tours to call attention to the Alentejo and Algarve trails. Linda region of wheat and wide plains where herds of swine (...) Toolsema, from The Netherlands, was welcomed by Pedro Cabral, a Portuguese, and together they discovered the less (...)

Alandroal The Alqueva Dark Sky Route Imagine a place where we feel covered by a majestic starry sky. The feeling is indescribable, and usually only possible artificially, in a planetarium, where we sit comfortably for a lesson on the stars. In Portugal, we are lucky to have that (...)

Beja Beja We visit Beja in an atmosphere of peace and discover stories of conquests and lost loves.We begin with a visit to the Torre de Menagem (the Keep) of the Castle, which was so important in the battles to defend Portugal's borders. With its 40 metres (...)

Serpa The "Cante Alentejano" (Alentejo Song) Portugal has, in its cultural heritage, a very genuine musical expression, unique in the world, the "Cante Alentejano" (Alentejo Song), now recognised as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.Sung in choir and without any use of musical (...)

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Alentejo

Beja Joaquim António Casaca da Costa Address: Rua Adriano Correia de Oliveira, 3-3º 7800-441 Beja Telephone: +351 967 904 522 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.primodaniel.pt

Vidigueira Rotas no Alentejo Address: Rua Luís Vaz de Camões, 1 - 2º Dto 7960-282 Vidigueira Telephone: +351 967 857 268 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.facebook.com/RotasNoAlentejo?ref=hl

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Alentejo

Beja Beja The site of modern Beja has been occupied since the beginning of modern history. However, it was the Roman empire that most contributed to its early development. It was here, in 1 bc that Emperor Julius Cesar signed a peace treaty with the (...)

Serpa Serpa Located on higher ground just a few kilometres from the left bank of the Guadiana, the great river that crosses southern Portugal, there is the town of Serpa. The site is known to have been settled since Roman times, around 2,000 years ago.

With (...)

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Alentejo

Beja Abreu / Beja Address: Rua da Liberdade, 1-B 7800-457 Beja Telephone: +351 284 313 230 Fax: +351 284 313 239 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.abreu.pt

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Alentejo

Beja Posto de Turismo - Beja Address: Rua Capitão João Francisco de Sousa, 25 7800-451 Beja Telephone: +351 284 311 913 Fax: +351 284 311 913 E-mail: [email protected]

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