Monsaraz
Évora (Alentejo)
A medieval hilltown of schist lanes and whitewashed houses on a ridge above the Alqueva lake — its castle square once hosted bullfights, and at night the dark-sky reserve overhead shows the Milky Way unfiltered.
Don’t miss
- Castle keep views over Alqueva
- Dark Sky stargazing
- Igreja Matriz and the schist lanes
- Lake sailing 10 minutes downhill
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