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Alentejo: Évora & the Marble Towns: 3-Day Plan You Can Actually Drive
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The 3-day version for May: every day fits real transit, opening hours and daylight. Prefer more or fewer days? 3-day plan · 4-day plan · 5-day plan · best time to go.
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3
days
195 km
distance
4.9 h
driving
14
curated stops
💡 Good to know for this plan
- ~14.1 hours of daylight in May — the plan keeps days inside a realistic window.
- Wildflowers carpet the wheat plains, storks clack on every chimney, and the whitewashed hill towns are warm without the furnace to come.
Day 1 Évora → Monsaraz
- Transit
- 1h38
- Finish
- ~16:00
- Temperature
- 11.5°C–25.4°C
- Rainy days
- ~5
- Daylight
- 14.1h
09:00
10:00
Admire soaring Gothic arches and intricate stone carvings in the dim light.
50 min · Évora
11:00
13:05
Menhir of Bulhoa read more
Contemplate a solitary granite monolith, once buried, now upright and silent.
50 min · Monsaraz
14:10
Xerez Cromlech read more
Imagine ancient rituals among standing stones relocated but still powerful.
50 min · Monsaraz
15:00
Overnight: Monsaraz
e.g. Casa Dona Antónia · Casa Monreal
Day 2 Elvas
- Transit
- 1h41
- Finish
- ~15:50
- Temperature
- 11.1°C–25.0°C
- Rainy days
- ~5
- Daylight
- 14.1h
10:20
11:20
12:20
14:00
15:00
Overnight here
e.g. Hotel Dom Luis Elvas · Guest house Garcia de Orta
Day 3 Marvão
- Transit
- 1h35
- Finish
- ~13:20
- Temperature
- 10.7°C–24.0°C
- Rainy days
- ~7
- Daylight
- 14.2h
10:25
Marvão castle read more
Discover the tall central keep and historic features of this medieval castle.
50 min · Marvão · Adult €1.50, child 0-12 free
open: Daily 10:00-19:00
11:30
Roman ruins of Ammaia read more
Walk through the ancient ruins of a once-thriving Roman city.
50 min · Marvão
12:20
Mil-Homens facebook.com map ↗
60 min · Marvão
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