Pousada de Rainha Santa Isabel

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In the restored former palace, this lavish pousada (upmarket inn) offers spacious rooms with antique furnishings and views over the Alentejo plains. There are lovely palace gardens, a pool with views, and common areas set with museum-quality tapestries.


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1. Museu Municipal

0.03 MILES

This museum is housed in a beautiful 17th-century almshouse near the former palace. Pretty hand-painted furniture sits alongside endearing, locally carved…

2. Paço Reial

0.05 MILES

At the top of the upper town is the stark, glowing-white, fortress-like former royal palace, now the Pousada de Rainha Santa Isabel. Dom Dinis built the…

4. Lago do Gadanha

0.25 MILES

Near the centre of town stretches this marble-edged water tank, called the Lago do Gadanha after its scythe-wielding statue of Neptune.

5. Café Águias d’Ouro

0.28 MILES

This photogenic cafe – built in art-nouveau style between 1908 and 1909 – is worth seeing for both the exterior and interior (don’t overlook the upstairs…

6. Cavalry Barracks

0.31 MILES

Just north of the square Rossio Marquês de Pombal, you’ll find a few monastic buildings that were converted into cavalry barracks and today house a modest…

7. Castelo

8.25 MILES

The castle dates from 1306, but was rebuilt after the 1531 earthquake. Exterior stone carving shows unwarlike small bows, the symbol of the Bragança…

8. Paço Ducal

10.08 MILES

The dukes of Bragança built their palace in the early 16th century when the fourth duke, Dom Jaime, grew tired of his uncomfortable hilltop castle. The…