Extra Travel Information

Included

• 7 nights in a completely furnished apartment
• Towels and linens
• Detailed road book with drawn in map and altitudes
• local English speaking representative

Extra options

• Bicycle rent: 24 gear Gazelle Trekking, with odometer, water bottle cage, pannier and repair kit
• Prolongation in Évora / Lisbon
• Breakfast
• transfer Lisbon airport v.v.
• transfer own bike

Not included

• Meals and refreshments
• Entrance fees
• Bycicle rent

Day by Day

Day 1 Arrival in Évora
Just outside the city of Évora is your property, a working classical Portuguese farm with pool. The former workman's houses were transformed into apartments, an ideal base for the UNESCO World Heritage Evora and to explore the beautiful surrounding countryside.

Day 2 t/m 7 Round trips from 35 to 79 km

Day tour Surroundings of Évora, 30 / 35 km
This route is a short trip across the undulating roads in the immediate vicinity of Évora, a route with an urban and landscape character. That way you still have ample time to explore the town.

Day tour Graça do Divor – Arraiolos, 42 / 66 / 76 km
A former railway track takes you to the white town of Arraiolos, known for the eponymous carpets. This historic walled town is dominated by an imposing castle on top of the hill. The town itself is a maze of streets and alleys posted against the hill. Take time to wander the squares, sense the hospitality and enjoy the view from the castle over the city and its surroundings.

Day tour Serra de Monfurado, 55 km
This round trip takes you from Evora to Tourega and along the hills of the Serra de Monfurado. The route is dominated by extensive olive groves and cork oak forests. The rural route is interspersed with a number of prehistoric monuments that you can visit. The "Cromeleque dos Almendres" is a group of 95 granite monoliths placed in a circle, the Portuguese equivalent of the "Stonehenge".

Day tour Nossa Senhora de Machede, 73 km
So now and then this round trip needs a bit of climbing. You will cycle to the isolated Nossa Senhora de Machede and follow the road through a rural area with "Montes" and a some forgotten train station. To be followed by on one of the many dams built to preserve the precious water in the Alentejo. Through an open countryside draped with some stone or cork oaks hither and thither, the route takes you along Torre de Coelheiros back again to Évora.

Day tour Igrejinha, 73 km
The widely spread cork oaks are a distinct Alentejo appearance. Portugal takes more than half of the worlds cork production. Most of it comes from the Alentejo. After the photogenic Igrejinha you wheel through the cornfields with giant boulders and isolated groups of cork oaks back to Évora.

Day tour Viana do Alentejo, 79 km
This tour is characterized by large fields, quietly grazing cows between cork oaks and cornfields with giant boulders and loose groups of cork oaks. In the south Viana do Alentejo entices you to visit its pentagonal castle. Be sure to visit the 16th-century Sanctuary of Our Lady of Aires, Santuário da Nssa Sra d'Aires.

Day tour Santiago do Escoural, 73 km
From Évora, the ronud trip runs through Valverde through the foothills of the Serra de Monfurado. A rural part of Portugal which is dominated by olive groves and cork oaks. Along the way you can visit one or more of the prehistoric monuments. This stage takes you along a huge dolmen and the "Anta do Zambujeiro” in Valverde. A nice details form the chapel with megalithic elements, the "Anta Capela" near the village of São Brissos and Escoural cave where 10,000 year old cave drawings were found.

Day 8 Departure

Prices and Dates

Dates

Daily from 7 February till 12 December 2015
If a trip falls into two price categories, it will be distributed proportionally

Included

• 7 nights
• Detailed road book with drawn map and altimeters

Not included

• Transfers Lisbon Lisbon airport v.v. (optional)
• Transfers proprietary bike(optional)
• Prolongation
• Breakfast (optioneel)
• Meals and refresments
• Flights
• Entries and public transport

Accommodation

Monte da Serralheira

Just outside Evora is your accommodation, a working classical Portugues farm on 130 hecatare where grapes, wheat and olives are produced. The former workman's houses were transformed into apartments furnished with a living and a well equipped kitchenette and where every bedroom has its own private bathroom. Next to your privat terrace next to the beautiful garden, this Agroturismo disposes of a swimmingpool as well.