Creativity and imagination in using very simple ingredients has made Alentejo cuisine a surprising mix of flavours and proof of the hospitality of the Alentejo people.The province was once a region of wheat and wide plains where h

Sketch Tour Portugal invited two sketchers who enjoy walking tours to call attention to the Alentejo and Algarve trails.

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.

Next to the Guadiana River and close to the border, Alandroal is a place of tranquillity and peaceful days by the Alqueva Lake.The name is said to have originated from a plant known as “alandro” or “aloendro” (oleander), a species