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Évora


The Alentejo produces outstanding olive oil, though it has little name recognition outside Portugal. At this tiny shop, you can buy high-quality olive oils. There's also a small selection of tapenade, chocolates, soaps and other locally produced items.


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Nearby Évora attractions

1. Praça do Giraldo

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The city’s main square has seen some potent moments in Portuguese history, including the 1483 execution of Fernando, Duke of Bragança; the public burning…

2. Igreja da Nossa Senhora da Graça

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Down an alley off Rua da República is the curious baroque facade of this church, topped by four ungainly stone giants – as if they’ve strayed from a…

3. Igreja de São Francisco

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Évora’s best-known church is a tall and huge Manueline-Gothic structure, completed around 1510 and dedicated to St Francis. Legend has it that the…

4. Capela dos Ossos

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One of Évora’s most popular sights is also one of its most chilling. The walls and columns of this mesmerising memento mori (reminder of death) are lined…

5. Aldeia da Terra

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The artist Tiago Cabeça has created this wondrous miniature world of Portugal moulded in clay and peopled with humorous and irreverent characters. You'll…

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Guarded by a pair of rose granite towers, Évora’s fortress-like medieval cathedral has fabulous cloisters and a museum jam-packed with ecclesiastical…

7. Museu Relogio

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This is one of two watch museums that houses one family’s extraordinary private collection (the other is in Serpa). You name it – if it ticks, chimes,…

8. Museu do Évora

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Adjacent to the cathedral, in what used to be the archbishop’s palace (built in the 16th century), is this elegant museum. The cloistered courtyard…