After your arrival in Lisbon, our transfer service will take you to your accommodation, the Pousada do Convento de Arraiolos, which is housed in a 16th century monastery. The monastery's chapel delights art lovers from all over the world with its Portuguese tiles. Our perfectly maintained MGAs are waiting on the forecourt of the monastery complex for a detailed introduction. A dinner together in the dining room of the Convento da Senhora da Assunçao rounds off the first evening of your Vintage Tour. You will get to know your fellow Vintage Tour travellers.

Our route to Crato takes us through the town of Estremoz, whose medieval fortifications we can recognise from afar. We drive into the medieval town centre and stop off at the Pousada de Estremoz, which is housed in the former castle palace and whose origins date back to the 15th century. It offers us a unique view of the vastness of the Alentejo. On our onward journey to Crato, we take in the expansive Alentejo landscape. We pass villages characterised by fortifications and whitewashed houses. In Crato, we are accommodated in the historic Pousada Flor da Rosa, a former monastery of the Order of Malta dating back to the 14th century. We review our first day in the Alentejo over a typical dinner.

The journey to Marvão takes us through the Parque Nacional da Serra de São Mamede. The impressive fortifications of the summit village of Marvão provide us with a marvellous view over the vast Alentejo as far as the Spanish border. Here we have a typical local lunch and make our way back to Crato. We pass endless cork oak forests and stop off in small villages such as Castelo da Vide and Nisa, which impress with their village centres with narrow alleyways and whitewashed houses and tell the story of the northern Alentejo. At the Pousada de Crato, we end the day with a typical local dinner. 

On the journey to Vila Viçosa, we pass Campo Maior and Elvas. The landscape combines endless hilly landscapes and expanses, and the view of the fortified villages gives us an idea of the history of this border region. The fortified town of Elvas with its bastion fortifications is a hidden jewel of the Alentejo and invites you to visit it as well as the town centre. After our lunch break in Elvas, we make our way to Vila Viçosa and again pass through impressive landscapes. Here we spend the night in the Pousada Convento Vila Viçosa, which is located in a former monastery from the 14th century. Here we enjoy a typical local dinner in the chapter house of the monastery, which is decorated with frescoes from the 16th century.

One of the highlights of your Vintage Tour through the northern Alentejo is a visit to the city of Évora, also known as the Queen of the Alentejo. Évora offers an impressive past, jewels of architecture from different eras as far as the eye can see. Here we take time to visit the Roman temple and the Gothic cathedral and, after a long walk through the picturesque city centre, enjoy a typical lunch in the cloister of the Convento dos Loios. We then make our way back to Arraiolos. You have the option of spending another night at the Pousada Convento de Arraiolos or travelling home.