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Guest blog – Blue and yellow lines

Alentejo Day 1 – Sunday 28 Aug 2011 The airport, Beja I was warned before we set off that everything in Alentejo is slow. ‘Don’t expect anything to happen in a hurry.’ Not true. The little Beja airport, plonked in the middle of nowhere, is square, awkwardly

Exploring the Alentejo

There is only one way to get to Sunvil Discovery’s newest and hottest destination this summer, and that is on your own private jet. Well, perhaps not private but the ambience onboard the 49 seat BMI Embraer 145 certainly has that feeling. With full catering and a

Food and Drink of the Alentejo

A description of the Alentejo, however short, would not be complete without a mention of the food on offer. It is possible to eat big, hearty meals in Evora and the surrounding towns without breaking the bank. It’s also very easy to eat well and healthily; not

Highlights of Evora; the perfect base for exploring the Alentejo

We picked Evora as a stopping point on our travels mainly down to its location. A little over an hour’s drive from Lisbon and pretty much in the centre of the Alentejo region, it seemed the perfect place to use as a base for a trip around

Alentejo: Portugal’s Hidden Secret

As the resident Sunvil blogger I will be describing a wide range of destinations – wherever the company sends its clients in fact. While I have managed to visit many of these places myself, one of the challenges for me will be to write occasionally about a

Alentejo Adventure

When I heard that ATOP (Association of Tour Operators to Portugal) were offering a FAM trip to the Alentejo, I jumped at the opportunity. A lot of what you hear about Portugal is the Algarve and the coastal resorts, so I was intrigued to know what the