Luar de Janeiro

Évora


We’ll be upfront: you don’t come here for the atmosphere (no soft lighting, no music). You do come here for attentive service and dishes made with the freshest, top-quality produce. It’s run by a kind-hearted mother-and-son team, who serve first-rate presunto (ham), delectable cabrito assado no forno (oven-roasted kid) and a delicious, risotto-like arroz de bacalhau (codfish and rice).

Paulo lets the food do the talking; it will hit your hip pocket, but it’s sustainable in every other sense.


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1. Palácio Cadaval

0.17 MILES

Just northwest of the Igreja de São João is the 17th-century facade of a much older palace and castle, as revealed by the two powerful square towers that…

2. Termas Romanas

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Inside the entrance hall of the câmara municipal (town hall) are more Roman vestiges, only discovered in 1987. These impressive Roman baths, which include…

3. Igreja de São João

0.18 MILES

The small, fabulous Igreja de São João, which faces the Templo Romano, was founded in 1485 by one Rodrigo Afonso de Melo, count of Olivença and the first…

4. Templo Romano

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Once part of the Roman Forum, the remains of this temple, dating from the 2nd or early 3rd century AD, are a heady slice of drama right in town. It's…

5. Convento dos Lóios

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The former Convento dos Lóios, to the right of Igreja de São João, has elegant Gothic cloisters topped by a Renaissance gallery. A national monument, the…

6. Fórum Eugénio de Almeida

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In a building that once housed the Holy Office of Inquisition, this centre of arts and culture hosts some of Évora’s most thought-provoking art…

7. Casas Pintadas

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Painted on the garden walls of an open-vaulted gallery are a series of unusual 16th-century murals that were once part of a noble’s residence. Recently…

8. Museu do Évora

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Adjacent to the cathedral, in what used to be the archbishop’s palace (built in the 16th century), is this elegant museum. The cloistered courtyard…