O Monte do Alhinho

Mértola


Try the appealing O Monte do Alhinho, 8km from Mértola on the road to São Domingos. This tastefully converted farmhouse-hacienda has massive rooms, fluffy white towels and a superb kitchen, where breakfast (€5 per person) features an onslaught of Alentejan delights.


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Nearby Mértola attractions

1. Museu Paleocristão

4.42 MILES

This museum, north of the old town, features a partly reconstructed line of 6th-century Roman columns and poignant funerary stones, some of which are…

2. Parque Natural do Vale do Guadiana

4.44 MILES

Created in 1995, this zone of hills, plains and deep valleys around Serpa and Mértola shelters the Rio Guadiana, one of Portugal’s largest and most…

3. Casa de Mértola

4.5 MILES

Next to the turismo, this small two-room house shows what living conditions were like for Mértolans up until fairly recent times (the 1970s).

4. Torre do Relógio

4.51 MILES

This little clock tower, topped with a stork’s nest and overlooking the Rio Guadiana, is northeast of Largo Luís de Camões. Alongside it is a municipal…

5. Largo Luís de Camões

4.52 MILES

This is the administrative heart of the old town, a picturesque square lined with orange trees, with the câmara municipal (town hall) at its western end…

6. Casa Romana

4.53 MILES

The enchanting Casa Romana is located in the cellar of the câmara municipal (town hall). The clever display allows visitors to walk ‘through’ the…

7. Igreja Matriz

4.53 MILES

Mértola’s striking parish church – square, flat-faced and topped with whimsical little conical decorations – is known because in a former incarnation it…

8. Casa Islâmica

4.53 MILES

Next to the alcáçova (citadel), this interpretation centre is an accurately sized replica of an Islamic residence dating from the 12th century. Key…