Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Visitors are welcome to view the public areas of the
pousada
and climb the keep, which
offers a superb panorama of the old town and surrounding plains. The holes at the keep's
edges were channels for boiling oil - a good way of getting rid of uninvited guests.
Festivals & Events
The town's biggest event is the
Feira Internacional de Artesanato e Agro-Pecuária de Estremoz
(FIAPE), a baskets, ceramics, vegetables and livestock bonanza, held for several days at
the end of April.
Cozinha dos Ganhões
(Festival de Gastronomia Alentejana), the town's fun
culinary festival, is held from the end of November to the beginning of December.
Sleeping
Hotel O Gadanha
HOTEL
€
( 268 339 110;
www.hotelogadanha.com
;
Largo General Graça 56; s/d/tr €23/38/50; )
This white-
washed house is excellent value. It has bright, fresh, white and clean rooms that overlook
the square. Rooms come with satellite TV (and even hairdryers). Disappointingly, there
are no single rates Friday to Sunday.
Pousada de Rainha
Santa Isabel
( 268 332 075;
www.pousadas.pt
; d €220; )
In the restored former palace, this lavish
pou-
sada
offers spacious rooms with antique furnishings and views over the Alentejo plains.
There are lovely palace gardens, a pool with views and common areas set with museum-
quality tapestries.
LUXURY HOTEL
€€€
Eating
Gadanha Mercearia e Restaurante
OFFLINE MAP
RESTAURANT
€€
( 268 333 262;
www.merceariagadanha.pt
;
Largo Dragões de Olivença 84A; snacks €6.50-13; lunch & dinner
Thu-Tue)
This new little spot tries to merge traditional local products with contemporary
touches. And it pulls it off beautifully. Extraordinary
petiscos
include the likes of
linguiça
de porco preto
and
farinheira
with quail eggs (
farinheira
is a local speciality made of
