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The standing stones at São Bento do Ameixial

March 8, 2024 No Comments

We have passed this church many, many times on our way home from Estremoz and this week our curiosity finally got the better of us. So we stopped off to take a closer look…

The Chapel of Our Lady of Conceição dos Olivais is located at around two kilometres from the centre of Estremoz, on the road to São Bento do Ameixial. Built in the latter part of the 16^th Century it sits on a slight hill surrounded by vineyards alongside the ancient ‘Pedra da Ronca’ dolmen – which loosely translates as ‘The Snoring Stone’…

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Museu da Misericórdia de Evora

May 15, 2023 No Comments

In 2027, Evora will become the European Capital of Culture and as you wander around its old town you can see just how much the city is preparing for this honour with lots of restoration work going on, and a tangible feeling of excitement in the air. One venue that has already been rehabilitated is the compact Museu da Misericórdia and church in Rua da Misericórdia.

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Estremoz, proud to call you home

October 9, 2022 No Comments

After being in Estremoz for two years now, mainly time spent getting to know the ropes and settling in with Covid 19 thrown into the mix for fun, in September we finally received visitors from our UK family.

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Terras d’Ossa celebrates two-year anniversary

August 11, 2022 No Comments

It’s hard to believe that the Terras d’Ossa organisation is only two years old when it has accomplished so much in such a short space of time!

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Arraiolos and camping at Bubulcus & Bolotas

June 1, 2022 No Comments

As we are still only just discovering the Alto Alentejo region of Portugal, for us camping is all about experiencing new places that are not necessarily long road trips away. So in late April we drove to Vimieiro, a village that is only 30 minutes from Estremoz in the district of Arraiolos.

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Discovering the Serra d’Ossa

November 22, 2021 No Comments

When we made the decision to move permanently to the Alentejo, and specifically Estremoz, we were unaware of the Serra d’ossa and didn’t know that it would become so important to us. But once we discovered it, we soon became drawn to making weekly forays into its hidden depths, hardly ever meeting another living soul.

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Bonecos de Estremoz: a living tradition

November 3, 2021 No Comments

The traditional clay figures of Estremoz, or Bonecos de Estremoz, in 2017 were recognised by UNESCO as being an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity—and are part of the cultural identity of the town.

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Visit to the charming city museum in Estremoz

September 11, 2021 No Comments

The Museu Municipal de Estremoz Prof. Joaquim Vermelho is at the top of the town in the castle square, in a building that dates back to the 13^th/14^th century—and is a great little place to visit if you want to know more about the town of Estremoz, it’s traditions, history and people.

Set out to resemble a traditional Alentejo home, the museum also includes a separate art gallery that hosts temporary exhibitions of modern art that change throughout the year.

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Convento dos Congregados – 300 years in the making

January 30, 2021 No Comments

Estremoz must have one of the most beautiful town hall buildings in all of Portugal. Although the Convento dos Congregados, Nossa Senhora da Conceição of the Congregates of the Oratory of São Filipe Nery de Estremoz, to give it its full name, has a rather unusual history in that it took 300 years to build!

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The standing stones at São Bento do Ameixial

Museu da Misericórdia de Evora

Estremoz, proud to call you home

Terras d’Ossa celebrates two-year anniversary

Arraiolos and camping at Bubulcus & Bolotas

Discovering the Serra d’Ossa

Bonecos de Estremoz: a living tradition

Visit to the charming city museum in Estremoz

Convento dos Congregados – 300 years in the making

Road trip part 2: Viana do Alentejo

Road Trip: Valverde and Alcáçovas

The standing stones at São Bento do Ameixial

Restaurant A Talha, Estremoz