Private Tour of the History of Évora

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Roman temple — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

Chapel of Bones — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

The city of Évora has a historical center of the best preserved and rich in monuments of Portugal and that deserves the epithet of City-Museum. In 1986, the historic center of the city was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

The Bone Chapel, the Church of San Francisco and the Roman Temple are some of the top monuments to visit in Évora.

Still in Évora and following the Megalithic Circuit of the Alentejo, you can find the Cromeleque of the Almendres. Consisting of two separate premises, built between the end of the 6th and the 3rd millennium.C., this cromeleque is one of the largest and most important megalithic monuments in the world. At its height, the architectural ensemble would have more than a hundred monoliths, granite stones of various sizes, arranged in circular or elliptical shape. Of this hundred, there are still 95 monoliths in perfect state of conservation.

This is our proposal for an amazing tour. But if the customer has any preference, we can try to adjust the itinerary.

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At a glance

Duration: 8 hours
Confirmation: Confirmed within 48 hours
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: Portuguese, English
Operated by: Badger Tours

What is included

Included

Included: Local guide
Included: Transportation in minivan with air conditioning

Not included

Not included: Tickets and guided tour of monuments
Not included: Transportation to and from places outside of Sesimbra
Not included: Lunch

Itinerary

Evora

2 hours

Evora
Cromeleque dos Almendres

one hour

Prehistoric stone circle (cromlech) with 95 stone monoliths. It is the megalithic monument of its most important type in the Iberian Peninsula, and one of the most important in Europe, not only for its size, but also for its state of conservation.
Chapel of Bones

30 min Admission not included

Built in the 17th century on the initiative of three Franciscan friars whose purpose was to convey the message of the transience and fragility of human life. This message is passed to visitors right at the entrance, by the phrase: "We bones that we are here, for your waiting."

The walls of the Bone Chapel and its eight pillars are lined with carefully arranged human bones and skulls. The vaults are brick plastered in white and painted with motifs that symbolize or

allude to death. In addition to the bones, the Chapel of Bones is also decorated with religious statues and a Renaissance and Baroque painting.

The arches are ornamented with rows of skulls, cornices and white ships. It is estimated that there are about 5000 human skulls found there, among numerous bones, from the graves of the convent church and other churches and cemeteries in the city.
Igreja De Sao Francisco

30 min Admission not included

Church of Gothic-Manueline architecture, built between 1480 and 1510.
Templo Romano de Evora (Templo de Diana)

30 min

It is one of the grandest and best preserved Roman temples in the Iberian Peninsula, having been considered a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986.

Corinthian in style, it was built in the early 1st century AD and is located in the historic center of the city. It is the ex-libris of the city of Évora.

Despite all the modifications and destruction it has undergone, the Roman Temple of Évora retains its original plan. This majestic monument has a rectangular shape. The base (the podium), made of large blocks of granite and about 3.5 meters high, is almost intact.

On the base are still 14 of its original Corinthian columns, and many still retain their capitals. The floor, believed to have been tiled, has completely disappeared.

Meeting point and pickup

You can be picked up from your accommodation or go straight to the meeting point.

Meeting point

Badger Tours and Rent a Car shop, next to the Hotel Sana, on the seafront (Sesimbra).

End point

Badger Tours and Rent a Car shop, next to the Hotel Sana, on the seafront (Sesimbra).

Pickup points

Apartment Varandas De Falesia
Hotel Do Mar
Lisboa Airport
SANA Sesimbra Hotel
Sesimbra Oceanfront Hotel

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Cancellation

Free cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

If you cancel	You get back
At least one day before	100%
Less than a day before	0%

The operator may cancel if the weather does not allow it; you then get another date or your money back.
The operator may cancel if too few people book; you then get another date or your money back.