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    • ViaggiatorePortugal
      Giorno 5

      The night sky

      25 giugno 2022, Portogallo ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F

      I came to Monsaraz because it’s in a dark sky area where they try to limit light pollution. I visited the castelo in Monsaraz - 14th century fortifications where the apparent lack of interest in tourist safety led to great opportunities to scramble around. After dinner, I went down to the Observatory of Lake Alqueva, where the guides gave an informative and impassioned lesson in astronomy, complete with lots of observations through their telescope.Leggi altro

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    • Diane and DarrylJourney in Portugal and Spain
      1
      Giorno 7

      Villages on the Border

      9 marzo, Portogallo ⋅ 🌧 54 °F

      On our long driving day to Spain, we stopped for a tour of Monsaraz (Portugal), a 13th century village, home to just 33 people now. Most of the residents left in the 1960s and 70s to get jobs and later because of the hardships under the dictator Salazar (for example, we were told that 60% of the people in the country had no electricity).

      We braved chill winds and some rain to walk through the village to the former town hall and courthouse, now the “Museo do Fresco.” During some renovations in the 1950s, when a wall was removed, the workers discovered behind it a fresco dating to 1340 about corruption—depicting “good and bad government.” It seems they needed a constant reminder there in the hall of justice!

      We couldn’t take photos, but we include an image from a brochure. It shows a two-faced judge (#8) taking bribes—gold from one man (#10) and partridges from another (#11). In contrast is the “good judge,” dressed in white.

      From the hilltop village we could look out over the largest reservoir in Western Europe (97 sq mi). The Alqueva Dam was completed in 2002, and required the removal of people from many small villages in the soon-to-be flooded Guadiana River valley. One village was removed to higher ground and put back together exactly as it had been in the 13th century. It may be Spain’s newest town.      Leggi altro

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    • ViaggiatorePortugal
      Giorno 5

      Monsaraz

      25 giugno 2022, Portogallo ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F

      This walled medieval village in the Alentejo sits on a hilltop that’s been occupied since prehistoric times. It’s lovely - every time I turned a corner there was another beautiful view. It now overlooks Lake Alqueva, a man-made hydroelectric lake which finished filling in 2010.Leggi altro

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    • ViaggiatorePortugal
      Giorno 15

      Monsaraz

      2 marzo 2023, Portogallo ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

      Winzig liegt das kleine Burgdorf auf einem Hügel und von der Burgmauer schaut man in Richtung Spanien - seit 2002 auch auf den gigantischen Alqueva-Stausee.
      Monsaraz wurde im Jahre 1167 von der maurischen Besetzung zurückerobert und ist einer der ältesten und besterhaltenen historischen Orte des Alentejo.
      Noch heute umgibt eine durchlaufende geschlossene Stadtmauer den Ort und viele historische Gebäude sind erhalten. Die weiß gekalkten Häuser stehen dicht an den schmalen gepflasterten Gassen. Auf dem Largo Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira steht der Pelourinho und die sehenswerte Kirche. Die Hauptstraße läuft von der Burg bis zum Stadttor. Viele der Häuser haben Gästezimmer oder französische Künstlern haben hier ihre Sommerresidenzen. Die Burg strahlt in der abendlichen Beleuchtung weithin sichtbar.      Leggi altro

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    • ViaggiatorePortugal Frühjahr 2024
      Giorno 11–12

      Monsaraz

      23 marzo, Portogallo ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

      Entschleunigung im Alentejo stand gestern auf dem Programm, einfach mal die Seele baumeln lassen, okay kleiner Spaziergang und weitere Planung hat dann auch noch stattgefunden.
      Schön war es, Siebo, der Campingplatzbesitzer ist ein ausgesprochen sympathischer Typ, und ich denke wir kommen noch einmal wieder.
      Auf seine Empfehlung hin besuchen wir die Cortiça-arte in Azaruja. Die Korkverabeitung sowie die daraus entstehenden Produkte sind schon beeindruckend.
      Unser Ziel heißt heute Monsaraz. Im Reiseführer steht: "wenn es einen Ort gibt, der aus einem Märchenbuch stammen könnte, dann ist es Monsaraz ". Uns gefällt es sehr hier, Märchen hin oder her.
      Monsaraz liegt am Stausee Alqueva, leider ist der Himmel wolkenverhangen, aber die Aussicht ist trotzdem schön.
      Wir schlendern durch die Gassen und genießen die Atmosphäre.
      Unser Übernachtungsplatz liegt knapp 200 Meter unterhalb, mit Blick auf den Stausee, er ist mal wieder kostenfrei und nette Gespräche sind inklusive.      Leggi altro

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    • Viaggiatoremit dem WoMo nach Süden, 2022
      2
      Giorno 83

      Monsaraz

      2 maggio 2022, Portogallo ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      Weiter, an Haferfeldern und wieder Oliven gelangten wir zur Hauptstadt des Weines, nach Monsaraz. Bei der Anfahrt zum Ort fragte uns ein Radfahrer nach Wasser. Er war einer der Teilnehmer vom "BikingMan" Event. Das Ziel ist, die 1000 km in 120 Stunden zurückzulegen.
      Obwohl Regen angesagt war, schien den ganzen Tag die Sonne. So konnten wir auf den Hügel steigen und das wunderschöne Dorf und die Burg besuchen.      Leggi altro

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    • ViaggiatorePortugal by bus
      21
      Giorno 3

      Monsaraz - Portugals vackraste by?

      25 settembre 2018, Portogallo ⋅ 🌙 32 °C

      Monsaraz ligger på gränsen till Spanien, en liten by med 782 invånare. Undrar var de var nånstans? Vi såg bara 10 av dem. Mysig liten by var det i alla fall, kringgärdad av försvarsmurar från 1200-talet och med fin utsikt över Europas största konstgjorda sjö, Alqueva. Gränsen mellan Portugal och Spanien går mitt i sjön.
      Sedan vinprovning på Esporao, en av Portugals största vinproducenter. En mindre del av de mer exklusiva vinerna framställs på gammaldags sätt för att bevara traditionerna. Bl.a. fottrampas druvorna i stora marmorkar.
      Varmt var det även idag, +36°, vinkällaren var ett bra ställe att vara på 😎.      Leggi altro

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    • ViaggiatorePortugal & Spain 2019
      Giorno 7

      Monsaraz

      21 aprile 2019, Portogallo

      Omg what an awful night. Hannah had been fighting a cold all week and woke up coughing at 4:00am - croup. Coughed alllllll morning. It was so painful to hear and none of us slept. Definitely not the way we wanted to spend Easter morning. We went straight to breakfast so that I could give her her steroid medicine - I remember being on the phone with our pediatrician in NY (at 3am no less) sobbing on the phone. Sigh. On the plus side the breakfast was wonderful! After breakfast we came back to the hotel for the egg hunt. Hannah was feeling a bit better as the steroid helped her breathing so they searched for eggs and opened their baskets. They were so excited. We let them watch a little tv while the adults power napped and then put them in the stroller and went for a walk on the backside of the property. I had hoped that Hannah would fall asleep since she was so tired but of course she didn't. The plus side was that the walk was gorgeous and the day was beautiful - the wildflowers were out and fields were filled with yellows, purples and white flowers. The path was a little rough for our beat up stroller but we made it work :) After our walk the kids REALLY wanted to swim so we put on their suits and headed to the pool. The water was super cold but they had fun jumping in and out and it was sunny enough for the adults to lay out in their suits! Matt got a cheese board for lunch/snack and it was nice to eat by the pool in the sun despite poor Hannah's constant coughing. We stayed at the pool pretty much all day. After pool time we decided to take the kids on a bike ride as they had some bikes with kid seats on them. We started the ride which was super gravelly and almost slipped and fell over a hundred times - nerve wracking! Finally we made it through to the trail and it was gorgeous - wildflowers and birds everywhere. We rode past a lake and saw a pack of wild horses!! The girls were ecstatic. We got a little lost on the way back but eventually made it to the hotel bar for happy hour and snacks and played cards for awhile before heading back to the room to get ready dinner. The kids were understandably cranky and tired so we fed them and they played for awhile before Matt put them to bed. We watched them on the camera so the adults had their own dinner! It started to get a bit chilly so we moved inside for dessert but it was nice to have some adult time. Hoping we get a good nights sleep!Leggi altro

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    • ViaggiatorePortugal & Spain 2019
      Giorno 6

      Monsaraz

      20 aprile 2019, Portogallo

      We arrived at our next destination in Monsaraz in the Alentejo region of Portugal in the afternoon. We arrived down a long gravel path and came up to our next hotel - Sao Laurenco do Barroncal. It is stunning! The resort sits on a working winery with a cobblestone path running down the middle and white washed buildings on either side. We are staying in a huge, three bedroom cottage and it is SO nice. Each room has a bathroom and there is a large living area downstairs. The property is massive with bikes, two pools and even a kids play area. Of course the girls wanted to go in the pool straight away so we changed and walked over. It was super freezing so they didn't stay long but I'm glad they got to get in the water at least. After the swim we changed into clothes for dinner (pajamas for the kids - of course) where the weather was nice enough that we could eat outside. The set up was perfect because the table was right next to an enormous lawn with all of these rocks formations to climb on so the kids were able to run around while we had some drinks and hung out. The girls made a cute little Dutch friend who they played with for the next couple of days. We ordered a cocktail which took ages to come and were sort of strange (of course). The food was delicious so it made up for that. We had grilled pork which was insanely good (even the kids loved it) and the kids had a massive appetite from all that running around. At 9:30ish (they are staying up so late here!) I took the kids back to the room and put them to bed while everyone else finished dinner. They came back with a bottle of wine for a night cap and we spent the rest of the evening hiding Easter candy!Leggi altro

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    • ViaggiatorePortugal & Spain 2019
      Giorno 8

      Monsaraz

      22 aprile 2019, Portogallo

      It was NOT a good night sleep after all :( Hannah woke up at 1:30am with a coughing fit and woke Evie up. Evie came in to sleep with me and Matt stayed with Hannah who finally stopped coughing around 4:00am and we were all able to sleep a bit. Double ugh. We woke up and dressed for a final bleary breakfast at the hotel (delicious) and then the kids wanted to do a treasure hunt. The hunt turned out to be super fun - they had to follow clues all over the resort before they could get their prize! Afterwards, they got to take a donkey cart ride all over the property and even got to the hold the reins! They were very excited about that (even though poor Hannah was coughing the whole time). After the donkeys we packed up the room and then headed out to make our way over to Spain !!Leggi altro

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