Extra tour info

Included

• 7 nights based on a double room with breakfast
• detailed route description with height profiles and drawn up maps
• local English speaking representative
• luggage transfers

Extra options

• Bike hire: 24 gear Gazelle Trekking, with odometer, water bottle cage, pannier and repair kit
• Prolongation in Évora / Lisbon
• Transfer Lisbon airport v.v.
• Transfer own bike

Not Included

• Other meals and refreshments
• Entrance fees
• Bycicle rent

Day by Day

Daily options between shorter and more challenging variants

Day 1 Arrival in Grândola
The sun tanned village of Grândola played a symbolic role at the start of the Carnation Revolution inaugurating in democracy in 1974. Pay a visit to the 16th century church with multicolored azuleijos or enjoy a stroll through the park.

Day 2 Day trip to Santiago do Cacém, 55 or 65 km The first tour will take you to the coast and the town of Santiago do Cacém with its impressive castle overlooking the sea. Along the winding roads you will be guided by pines and cork oaks where you are always surprised with new views.

Day 3 Grândola - Viana do Alentejo, 60 or 83 km
Deze etappe kenmerkt zich door haar agrarische karakter. U gaat nu het binnenland in en zult merken dat het landschap verandert. Vredig grazend vee in de schaduw van een eik wordt afgewisseld met eeuwenoude witte dorpen. De tocht eindigt in Viana do Alentejo, typisch op een heuvel het omliggende land dominerend.This stage is characterized by its agricultural character. It takes you inland and you'll notice that the landscape changes. Peacefully grazing cattle in the shade of an oak tree is interspersed with old whitewashed villages. The tour ends in Viana do Alentejo, typically on a hill dominating the surrounding country.

Day 4 Day trips varying from 25 to 80 km
The rolling roads of today’s trips will pass fields and meadows with many cork oaks. Depending on your choice, it is here and there a bit hilly. Do bring a visit to Alvito to enjoy the magnificent view overlooking the area. Then you'll see why they call it the Alentejo balcony.

Day 5 Viana do Alentejo - Évora, 65 km
A beautiful stage that brings you to Evora predominantly on flat and slightly undulating roads. You start with a visit to the beautiful Alcáçovas. It was here that Spain and Portugal signed their first treaty to divide the New World between themselves at the end of the Middle Ages. Before reaching the monumental city of Evora, you pass by the Episcopal retreat in Valverde.
The fully walled capital of the Alentejo is one of the most monumental cities of Portugal. As such, it enjoys the status of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The history goes back to before our era: Celts, Romans, Moors and Christians have contributed to the current Evora. The welcoming main square, Praça do Giraldo, is a nice starting point for a tour of the countless churches, buildings, museums and monuments.

Day 6 and 7 Day trips starting at 30 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 8 Departure after breakfast
All that's good ends well. Depending on your choice when booking you will be transferred to the Lisbon airport or you are returning on your own. It is also possible to extend your trip with one or more additional nights in Evora, Lisbon or Sintra.

Prices and dates

Dates

Daily from 07 February till 12 December

Included

• 7 nights based on double room with breakfast
• Detailed road-book with elevation profiles and drawn out maps
• Local English speaking tour guides
• Luggage transfers

Not included

• bike hire: Aluminium 24 gears, odometer, lock, repair kit and panniers (optional)
• Transfer Lisbon airport v.v.(optional)
• Transfer proprietary bike Lisbon airport v.v.(optional)
• Extra nights in Évora / Lissabon (optional)
• Other meals and consumptions
• Entrance tickets

Accommodation

At the square in the heart of Grândola, you will find the friendly welcoming hotel. Viana do Alentejo seems as if you yourself are a guest of the family. Imagine yourself back in time into the character furnished house, each room has its own theme. Enjoy breakfast on the covered terrace a stone's throw from the castle. You will stay in the historical part of this special place. In Evora you sleep in the historic center. This family hotel was originally a noble mansion. Each room is simple and unique. The whole property exudes an atmosphere that new hotels so often miss.

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