Secret Upper Alentejo

Portalegre

São Mamede mountain range, Templar castles and rockrose plains. Portalegre is the mountain Alentejo, with Marvão on top and the silence of the fields below.

72 Parishes

15 Municipalities

105K Inhabitants

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The Grand Route
of Portalegre

A journey through the most emblematic municipalities

1

União das freguesias da Sé e São Lourenço

União das freguesias da Sé e São Lourenço

Tapestry spires, Flemish triptychs and 16 state-listed monuments crowd Portalegre’s high Alentejo ri

2

São Salvador da Aramenha

São Salvador da Aramenha

Stone lanes, thyme-scented wind and 28 key-under-mat hideaways in Portugal’s quietest corner

3

Santa Maria da Devesa

Castelo de Vide

Santa Maria da Devesa

Medieval wolf-stones, 18 monuments, nightingales in spring-fed meadows above Castelo de Vide

4

União das freguesias de Espírito Santo, Nossa Senhora da Graça e São Simão

União das freguesias de Espírito Santo, Nossa Senhora da Graça e São Simão

Cork bark, stone crosses and chilli-warm Nisa cheese under an Alentejo hush

5

União das freguesias de Gavião e Atalaia

União das freguesias de Gavião e Atalaia

Wheat plains, olive presses and sheep-cheese cellars where only 653 souls remain.

6

Ponte de Sor

Ponte de Sor

First light warms a 3,500-soul Alentejo town where Roman arches carry hot-air balloons and goat-shee

7

Avis

Avis

Paddle past Avis’ silent Maranhão waters, then roam roofless convents and clay-amphora tavernas

8

Fronteira

Fronteira

Granite charters, wheat-gold plains and gold-leaf churches guard Portugal's frontier village.

9

Sousel

Sousel

Stroll hushed alleys of white-lime houses, taste ewes’ milk cheese aged on pine, and feel time slow

10

Alter do Chão

Alter do Chão

Noon bell drifts past late-hot bread, while crown-branded Lusitanos parade beyond cork-oak shade.

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All Municipalities
of Portalegre

15 municipalities to explore

Alter do Chão

Alter do Chão

4 parishes

Arronches

Arronches

3 parishes

Avis

Avis

6 parishes

Campo Maior

Campo Maior

3 parishes

Castelo de Vide

Castelo de Vide

4 parishes

Crato

Crato

4 parishes

Elvas

Elvas

8 parishes

Fronteira

Fronteira

3 parishes

Gavião

Gavião

4 parishes

Marvão

Marvão

4 parishes

Monforte

Monforte

4 parishes

Nisa

Nisa

7 parishes

Ponte de Sor

Ponte de Sor

7 parishes

Portalegre

Portalegre

7 parishes

Sousel

Sousel

4 parishes

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