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

Standing on the top of a plateau, Santarém is a belvedere over the fertile wetland region, the River Tagus valley known for farming, cattle breeding and bullfighting.The city incorporated the lands of the Order of Christ, which su