Before visiting the city of Évora, with its 2,000 years of history, we must go back at least to the 3rd millennium BC to visit the Cromeleque dos Almendres and its menhir, as well as the Anta Grande do Zambujeiro.

Consisting of two distinct enclosures built between the end of the 6th and 3rd millennia BC, the Almendres Cromlech is one of the largest and most important megalithic monuments in the world, much older than the famous Stonehenge.

Although monoliths are almost always more ovoid in shape, there are quite a few megaliths, larger stones with phallic shapes. One of these large standing stones, closely linked to the Cromlech but isolated from it, is the Menhir of Almendres. On the summer solstice, when viewed from the Cromeleque, the Menir dos Almendres points towards the sunrise.

The Anta Grande do Zambujeiro is one of the largest in Europe and the largest in the Iberian Peninsula, measuring 50 metres in diameter. It is impressive how they managed to build it 6,000 years ago.

After exploring this area on the outskirts of Évora, we headed to the city, which has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986 and is one of the most notable Roman cities in Lusitania - Ebora Liberalitas Júlia, with several remains, notably the Roman Temple, the baths, the city walls and others.

It then became one of the major urban centres in the south of the Portuguese kingdom, a place where monarchs frequently visited and stayed. The Visigoths and Arabs also passed through here, leaving their mark in the form of the so-called ‘Mudejar style’. It later received the influence of humanism, and it was here that some of the first great architectural works of the Iberian Renaissance appeared, around 1530.

These various moments have turned it into a kind of heritage gem, which the centuries have adapted, but which retains an atmosphere of authenticity and monumentality that transforms it into a true “museum city”.

An Évora walking tour with Superb Tours will introduce you to the city, with a description of the places and monuments we pass by.

This is an incomparably richer experience than simply walking the streets with your eyes glued to a digital or paper guide, which will waste much of your time and leave many questions unanswered. 

With this tour, not only will you learn about its historical origins, but you will also have time to savour Alentejo cuisine in the city's many restaurants.

Here are some of the monuments and tourist attractions along this tour, of course, many others will appear along the way:
- Roman Temple – Domus Municipalis – Mouraria – Santa Isabel Gate – Chapel of Bones – Church of São Francisco – University – Roman Baths – Church and Convent of Graça – Giraldo Square – Jewish Quarter – Água de Prata Aqueduct – Church of Espírito Santo – Moura Gates – Cathedral – City Walls