Must-see attractions in Baixo Alentejo

  • Casa do Mineiro

    Mértola

    Tucked away on one of the narrow streets of São Domingos village, this small museum set among still-inhabited houses re-creates a typical miner’s cottage.

  • Igreja de São Pedro

    Baixo Alentejo

    The municipality’s collection of ecclesiastical art is housed in this 17th-century church.

  • Santa Casa da Misericórdia

    Baixo Alentejo

    For a dip into history, take a stroll through the corridors of this once grand hospital. It opened back in the early 1500s (only closing to patients in…

  • Moinho de Vento

    Baixo Alentejo

    Castro Verde’s old milling traditions are immortalised in a windmill that dates from the 1800s. The photogenic structure is about a 10-minute walk…

  • Palácio dos Condes de Ficalho

    Baixo Alentejo

    Just inside the old walls in the upper part of town, this ageing mansion dates from the 16th century, and remains in sore need of restoration.

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