Alentejo, slowly

10–14 Oct 2025 · Portugal

5 days3 stops1 country141 km

Four days, three towns, one rented Fiat that I mostly left parked.

Day 1 10 Oct
1

Évora 🇵🇹

Portugal · 2 nights

Whitewash and yellow trim, and a chapel made of bones that I drew instead of photographing.
Day 3 12 Oct
2

Monsaraz 🇵🇹

Portugal · 1 night

A village the size of a thumbprint, looking down on a lake that wasn't there thirty years ago.
Day 4 13 Oct
3

Mértola 🇵🇹

Portugal · 1 night

The river, the mosque-church, the silence. Stayed an extra night.

9 Nov

Mértola, where the river slows down1 min read
The last stop in the Alentejo and the one I keep going back to in my head.

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