Evora November 2018
Évora is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Famous for its Roman Temle, but also for its pasteis de nata!
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We stayed 2 nights at the Albergaria Do Calvario Hotel, located just inside the walls of the old town. It was a great personal hotel with fantastic breakfasts |
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After discovering the Roman baths in the town, we then found the most wonderful cafe, |
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Fabrica Dos Pasteis where 2 pasteos de nata & 2 coffee cost just 3.2 euros! We went there twice |
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The library was outstanding, but in bad repair externally . The Chapel of Bones was extraordinary- to make folk think that death was nigh? |
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Nós ossos que aqui estamos pelos vossos esperamos (“We bones that here are, for yours await"). |
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Then we shared a wet Portuguese wedding! |
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| An interesting meal was had at Taberna Tipica Quarta Feira. Assorted tapas and then black pig, with friendly owner service |
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A wet morning round the cork oak forests with Andrea, plus Sylvia, was an extra bonus . We were shown how they harvest the cork and told of the regulations governing cork production.
Nothing goes to waste. The main cork bark strip produces the top grade cork and after the bottle corks have been punched out, the trimmings are ground down to make composite corks. The cork is stripped from the branches pruned from the cork trees, and the wood remaining used for making charcoal.
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| A break from the rain in a cafe, to receive more information from Andrea's box of tricks. We never actually saw a black pig!, or any pig! |
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Then a long drive back to Moraira on the Sunday