Évora: Three Ages
in One Walled City

All three include the Almendres Cromlech and the UNESCO old town, with entry to the Chapel of Bones and the Cathedral. The eight-hour base day is that core. The nine-hour option adds a guided visit and tasting at Adega Cartuxa. The ten-hour option adds Monsaraz above Lake Alqueva, and has no tasting.

The largest megalithic enclosure in the Iberian Peninsula and a Portuguese national monument: 95 known monoliths standing among cork oaks about 12 km west of Évora, near the village of Guadalupe. It was raised around 2,000 years before Stonehenge and only rediscovered in 1964.

The site is open. After a year of conservation work it reopened in September 2024 with a marked circuit laid out around the enclosure to stop the ground eroding, so you walk the perimeter rather than in between the monoliths. There is no fence keeping you at a distance and no ticket.

The last stretch is roughly four kilometres of unpaved road with deep potholes, and it is the reason many rental cars turn back. There is no public transport. A private vehicle with the right ground clearance turns the stones from a gamble into a stop, and your driver-guide has done the road this week.

Yes, on every option. We pay the Chapel of Bones and Évora Cathedral in advance and build them into the price, so nothing is collected on the day. The Roman Temple, the Almendres Cromlech and the village and castle of Monsaraz are free to visit.

Only on the Cartuxa option, which adds a guided visit and tasting at Adega Cartuxa, at Quinta de Valbom outside the city, with local olive oil and Évora sheep's cheese. The base day and the Monsaraz option do not include a tasting, and none is sold on the day.

No. The temple was raised for the imperial cult of Augustus, and the name Temple of Diana is a later invention that stuck to it. It is one of the best preserved Roman temples in the Iberian Peninsula, and your guide will tell you where the myth came from.

Eight hours on the base day, nine with the Cartuxa tasting and ten with Monsaraz, door to door, with around an hour and a half each way. We collect you at your hotel lobby, the cruise terminal, Lisbon airport arrivals or any private Lisbon address agreed at booking.

A car carries up to 4 travellers, a van up to 8, and from 9 to 15 you travel in two vehicles with two guides. Above 15 we quote as a charter. The tour is not wheelchair accessible: the Almendres circuit is rough ground and Évora and Monsaraz are cobbled. Service animals are welcome.

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the tour starts, for a full refund. After that the full amount is non-refundable. Booking is confirmed instantly, with secure card payment by Stripe at checkout, and the total for your group is shown before you pay.