Guides
Things to do in Beja
Everything here is walked, eaten or driven regularly — and removed when it stops being worth your time.
Local favourite
History
Climb the castle keep
The tallest keep in Portugal, and the best view of the plains.
History
Convento da Conceição & the regional museum
A major Beja landmark, best treated as an exterior stop while the museum is closed.Local favourite
Eat & drink
Eat migas where the farmers do
A workday tasca lunch is the most Alentejo thing you can do.
Hidden gems
Ruins of São Cucufate
A Roman villa turned monastery, alone among the vines.
History
Praça da República at dusk
When the swifts come out and the town returns to its square.
Eat & drink
Day trips
Taste Vidigueira white wine
The Alentejo's oldest wine country, twenty minutes north.Mértola: the white town above the Guadiana
Portugal's only surviving medieval mosque, under an hour south.
Eat & drink