What to see in Évora

Évora highlights

The places you can’t miss. In the app we sort them by day and close to each other.

1. Roman temple

   1st-century Corinthian columns in the upper town.

2. Chapel of Bones

   Walls covered in bones and skulls, with its famous warning at the entrance.

3. Évora Cathedral

   With rooftop terraces and views over the Alentejo plain.

4. Praça do Giraldo

   The main square, with arcades and a marble fountain.

5. University of Évora

   Cloisters and classrooms lined with azulejos.

6. Almendres Cromlech

   A circle of prehistoric standing stones on the outskirts, one of the largest in Europe.

Day trips from Évora

We take you straight to the best-rated tour on GetYourGuide, with its reviews and dates.

• Monsaraz ★ 4.8 (307 reviews)
• Alentejo wines ★ 4.8 (307 reviews)

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Typical food of Évora

The dish you have to try there and how to make it at home, to whet your appetite before the trip (or to go back to Évora from your kitchen).

Açorda alentejana

The Alentejo’s humble soup: stale bread, garlic, coriander and oil, with boiling water and a poached egg. In Évora it’s eaten all year round.

• Serves 4
• 20 min

Ingredients

• 300 g stale country bread
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 large bunch of coriander
• 4 eggs
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1.2 l water
• Coarse salt

How to make it at home

1. Pound the garlic, coriander and coarse salt in a mortar into a paste.
2. Put it in a tureen with the oil.
3. Bring the water to the boil with salt and poach the eggs in it for 3 minutes.
4. Put thin slices of bread in the tureen and pour the boiling water over them.
5. Add the poached eggs and serve straight away.

The trick: Plenty of coriander: it’s the taste of the Alentejo.

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