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  • Aljustrel
aljustrel
  • Almodôvar

Museu Severo Portela

Biblioteca Municipal-  Praça da República   7700 Almodôvar

Tel: 286 660600

Opening hours: 10:00 - 19:00 h

Sketches and canvases by the painter Severo Portela

Museu da Junta de Freguesia de Santa Clara a Nova

Estrada Municipal, 25   7700  Santa Clara a Nova

Tel:286 474219

Opening hours: Monday-Friday: 9.00-12.00/14.00-16.00

Weekends and holidays: visits by booking

Ethnographic collection, re-creation of the traditional life in the hills of the Alentejo; archaeological collection with materials from the neighbouring site of Mesas do Castelinho (5 BC – 11 AD)

Sudlusitanian-Tartessian Writing Museum (Museu da Escrita do Sudoeste)

Rua do Relógio 7700 Almodôvar    Tel. 286 665 357    E-mail: mesa@cm-almodovar.pt

Opening hours: 10.00-13.00/14.00-18.00    Closed Sundays and Mondays

Museum dedicated to the first writing form in the Iberian Peninsula (Iron Age), which hasn't yet been deciphered

Mesa dos Castelinhos

Archaeological site    7700 Santa Clara-a-Nova

Fortified settlement occupied since the Iron Age until Umayyad period

  • Alvito

Igrejas da Misericórdia e Nª Senhora das Candeias

Contact: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Alvito;

Tel: 284 485193

Open on weekends and holidays

Church; religious artifacts

Ermida de S. Sebastião e Grutas do Rossio de S. Sebastião

Open daily

Caves: the result of quarries worked by the system of opening tunnels. Grinding stones were taken from these galleries since the 13th century AD

  • Barrancos

Castle of Noudar

Opening hours Summer : 10h00 - 17h30    1 April to  30 de October

Opening hours Winter :  10h00 - 16h30    1 November to  31 March

Closed on Mondays

Municipal Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography

Travessa do Arco n.º 2   7230 Barrancos    Tel: 285 950 630 (est. 253) Fax: 285 950 638

E-Mail: cmb.museu@cm-barrancos.pt 

Opening hours: Week days 10.00-12.00/13.30-17.00   Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays 13.00-17.00

The Museum is closed on Monday, however, in case of a bank holiday on Monday the closing day will be Tuesday.

  • Beja
beja
  • Castro Verde

Basílica Real (Main Church)

Opening days: opening days: Tuesday – Sunday

January-May/October-December: 10.00-13.00/14.00-18.00    June-September: 10.00-13.00/15.00-19.00

Treasure of the Basílica Real

Opening hours:10.00-13.00/14.00-18.00, Closed Mondays and Tuesdays, Christmas Day, New Year and Easter Sunday.

Guided tours - 286 328 550 or dphadb@iol.pt     -   Entrance: 1 euro

Museu da Lucerna

Largo Vítor Prazeres 7780 Castro Verde -Tel. 286 327 414

Archaeology museum. Houses the largest collection of roman lamps in Portugal, which were found in Santa Bárbara dos Padrões, near Castro Verde.

Opening hours Tuesday-Friday: 10.00-12.30/14.30-17.30 - Saturday and Sunday: 14.30-17.30

Closed on Mondays and Holidays. Guided tours by booking.  - Tickets:1euro (Free for schools or scientific excursions)

Windmill

Largo da Feira – Castro Verde

The visits to the windmill can take place whenever it is open. The windmill is not a museum, therefore its opening to the public is conditioned by the existence of weather conditions that allow it to work. Booking at the Tourist Office is necessary for group visits – tel 286 328 148; e-mail pturismocastroverde@iol.pt

  • Cuba

Igreja de São Vicente (Main Church)

Opening days: Wednesday-Sunday and holidays

January-May/October-December: 10.00-13.00/14.00-18.00  - June-September: 10.00-13.00/15.00-19.00

Insectozoo – Vila Ruiva

Largo de Nª Senhora da Encarnação,2

tel: 284 495136      site    www.cappas-insectozoo.com.pt

Visits on booking. Bookings on Monday. Groups up to 20 people

Tickets 5euro; Students 2,5euro

Museum of social insects (bees, ants, etc)

Tesouro da Igreja de S. Vicente (Religious art)

Church of S. Vicente – Cuba

Opening hours: 10.00-13.00/14.00-18.00     Closed Mondays Tuesdays

Guided tours: 284 412 266

Sacred Art Museum of Vila Alva

Rua da Igreja da Misericórdia    7940 Vila Alva   Tel: 284 495 177  -   Tickets: 0,50¥

Opening hours -  Sundays: 14:30 – 18:30  -   Visits on other days by request.

Small museum in the Misericórdia church with sacred art pieces, especially related with the Passion and Easter, as well as some archaeology pieces collected in the region.

  • Ferreira do Alentejo

Museu Municipal de Ferreira do Alentejo

Rua Conselheiro Júlio de Vilhena, 5    7900-599 Ferreira do Alentejo

Tel. 284 738 860     Fax 284 739 250

E-mail: museu@cm-ferreira-alentejo.pt      www.cm-ferreira-alentejo.pt/museu.html

Opening hours: Monday to Friday 10.00-13.00/15.00-19.00    Saturday and Sunday10.00-13.00

Tickets: 1euro

  • Mértola
mertola
  • Moura

Museu Municipal de Moura

Rua da Romeira, 19

Tel: 285  253978

Opening hours: Tuesd.-Friday - 9.30-12.30/14.30-18.00 Sat. and Sunday - 10.00-12.00/14.00-16.00 Closed Mondays

Collection of art, weapons, archaeology materials

Museu do Azeite: Lagar de Varas do Fojo (Olive Oil Museum)

Rua S. João de Deus 7860 Moura; tel. 285 253 978

Opening hours: 9.30-12.30/14.30-17.30

Closed on Mondays

Old olive oil press, using technology similar to the roman. Here the visitor may learn the traditional technologies used until the 20th century to make olive oil.

Núcleo do Rio

Rua Nova, 6A; 7875-264 Santo Amador;

E-mail adasa@mail.pt

Opening hours: Monday-Friday: 9.30-13.00/14.30-18.00

Weekend: Booking

Small museum dedicated to the river Ardila, fishing technologies, fishing boats, photo exhibition

Castle of Moura

Praça Sacadura Cabral Moura  - Opening hours: July and August 10.00-24.00; rest of the year 10.00-18.00
Closed Mondays and Tuesday morning

Castle with features from th 10th to the 17th century, ruins of the Convent of Nossa Sra. da Assunção from the 16th century, leisure area.

Sacred Art Museum/Igreja-Colegiada de S. Pedro

Rua da República, 18            7860-245 Moura

Tel. 285 251 421    E-mail: dphadb@iol.pt

10h00 – 13h00 / 14h30 – 18h00 (Winter)       10h00 – 13h00 / 15h00 – 19h00 (Summer)

Closed Mondays and Tuesdays

Tickets: 1,00 euro

The arab well section

2ª Rua da Mouraria  Tel. 285 253978

Opening hours: Tuesday-Friday 9.30-12.30/14.30-17.30 Saturday and Sunday 10.00-12.00

  • Ourique

Archaeological circuit of Castro da Cola

Next to IP1

Tel: 286 516259

Opening hours of the Interpretation Centre: Tuesday-Saturday: 9.00-12.30/14.30-17.30

Sunday: 9.00-12.00/14.30-17.30

Closed on Mondays, 1st January, Holy Friday, Easter Sunday, 1st May, 25th December

Next to the Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora da Cola. Castro da Cola was a fortified settlement occupied since pre-history until the 13th century, but most of the structures are from the islamic period. The circuit includes 15 archaeological sites since the Neolithic until the Middle Ages.

  • Serpa
serpa
  • Vidigueira

Roman villa of São Cucufate   

On the road from Vila de Frades to Alvito (2km from Vila de Frades)

Tel. 284 441 113

Summer – 9:00 – 12:30 / 15:00- 18:30  Monday to friday

Winter  2ª to 6ª    9:00 – 12:30    /     14:00- 17:00

Closed Saturday and Sunday and 1st January, easter sunday, 1st May and 25th December

Tel.: 284 441 612 (Casa do Arco); 266 769 800 (Direcção Regional de Évora doIPPAR); fax 266 769 855 (DRE IPPAR); E-mail dre.ippar@ippar.pt

Tickets: S. Cucufate - 2,00 ; Casa do Arco – 2,00; S. Cucufate + Casa do Arco – 2,50.Free on Sundays and holidays during the morning. Free for children up to 14.

Monumental ruins of a roman villa (farmhouse), the only one in Portugal with two floors still visible. Temple, baths and remains of the villa rustica

Museu Casa do Arco    Temporarily closed

Largo do Pinheiro     7960 Vila de Frades     Tel: 284 441612

Opening hours: 1st may to 15 september – 9:30-12:30 – 15:00 – 18:30

16 September to 30 April : 9:00 – 12:30 – 14:00 – 17:00

Closed on 1st January, Holy Friday, Easter Sunday, 1st May, 25th December

Tickets: 2,00euro  free for children up to 14    Free on Sundays and holidays during the morning

Exhibition "Messages – Roman Sculpture from the Museum of Évora",

Museu Municipal

Largo Vasco da Gama, 1 7960 Vidigueira

Tel. 284 437 260/1

Opening hours: 10:00 / 19:00 Summer

16 September to 30 April : 9:00 – 12:30 – 14:00 – 17:00

Closed on 1st January, Holy Friday, Easter Sunday, 1st May, 25th December

Tickets: 2,00 euro free for children up to 14    Free on Sundays and holidays during the morning