Thursday
The big “drive to the south” day, broken only by a visit to the medieval gem of Évora town. Do I need to say it’s another UNESCO site?
This museum-city, whose roots go back to Roman times, reached its golden age in the 15th century, when it became the residence of the Portuguese kings. Its unique quality stems from the whitewashed houses decorated with azulejos and wrought-iron balconies dating from the 16th to the 18th century. Its monuments had a profound influence on Portuguese architecture in Brazil.
Cathedral of Évora
Central nave of Évora Cathedral
Yellow Evora Streets
We saw most of the sites in Évora, except for the ossuary, which neither of us had any interest in seeing, because ewww.
Rooftop panorama
Evora Cathedral Cloisters
Gina and the Cathedral towers
Cathedral Rooftop
Roman Temple of Évora
In the afternoon we made it all the way to Vila Nova de Milfontes, a chilled out beach town, where we intend to spend a day of beach relax tomorrow. In the evening we went to a grilled fish restaurant beautifully located on the beach, and had some huge grilled sea breams, which were delicious.
Grilled sea breams at Vila Nova de Milfontes
Tags: Cathedral, Cathedral panorama, Cloisters, Évora, Portugal, Roman Temple of Évora, Rooftop, UNESCO, UNESCO World Heritage site, UNESCO’s World Heritage list, Vila Nova de Milfontes