At Herdade Aldeia de Cima, our days are spent working in the vineyards and the forest, caring for the wine lots in the cellar, tending to the animals, and carrying out the many activities that nature so generously provides. We are always pleased to welcome industry professionals, wine producers and students, subject to availability, and it is sometimes possible to organise visits and wine tastings. For further information: info@aldeiadecima.com.
Our wines and gourmet products are available through our online shop.
The Alentejo is Portugal’s biggest region and probably one of its most charming. Recognised by many for its immense plains, the Baixo Alentejo also surprises us with its mountains and plateaus, which offer the perfect setting for ancient walls and castles. We have chosen some unique places - spanning culture, art and crafts, wines and gastronomy.
To take a boat trip on Alqueva: Alquevatours (advance booking recommended – 1h30 to 2h00 boat tour)
To buy traditional Alentejo boots: Jerónimo Gaudêncio
To relax by the lake: Praia Fluvial da Amieira
For a different experience: stargazing: Dark Sky Alqueva
Portel
To visit: Castelo de Portel
To get to know the territory: A Bolota – Pavilhão Temático
To enjoy local cuisine: Restaurante São João
To visit: Roman ruins of S. Cucufate (advance booking recommended)
To appreciate art: Quetzal Art Center
To taste great wines, visit and dine: Quinta do Quetzal
To enjoy good wines and local cuisine: Cella Vinaria Antiga and País das Uvas restaurant
To enjoy local cuisine: Restaurante O Raposo
To taste great wines, visit and dine: Cortes de Cima
To taste great wines, visit and dine: Herdade do Sobroso
To taste great wines, visit and dine: Herdade do Paral
To visit: Casa Museu Quinta da Esperança
To enjoy local cuisine: Adega da Casa de Monte Pedral restaurant
To taste great wines: Herdade do Rocim
Places to visit: Serpa Castle / Palace of the Counts of Ficalho / Ethnographic Museum
Gifts: Casa de Artesanato de Serpa / Tradiserpa Queijaria
Flavours: Restaurante O Adro / Restaurante Molho Bico / Casa Paixão Doçaria
Places to visit: Museu Rainha Dona Leornor / Beja Castle
Gifts: Velharias Santa Maria / Essência Artesanato
Flavours: Restaurante Dom Dinis / Restaurante Adega 25 de Abril / Restaurante Os Infantes / Pousada de Beja / Casa de Chá Maltesinhas / pastelaria Luiz da Rocha
Fine wines, food and places to visit: Herdade da Malhadinha Nova / Herdade dos Grous
Walk in the warm air: Herdade dos Grous
Alcáçovas
To visit: Paço dos Henriques and Capela das Conchas / Museu do Chocalho / historic centre of Alcáçovas
To enjoy local cuisine: Restaurante Sabores da Vila / Sabores d’Avó pastry shop / Casa Maria Vitória
To discover local tradition: cowbell making (UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage)
Viana do Alentejo
To visit: Castle and Igreja Matriz / Santuário de Nossa Senhora d’Aires
To shop: Vale de Gatos / Casa Santos Luca grocery store
To enjoy the landscape: surroundings of the Santuário de Nossa Senhora d’Aires
São Bartolomeu do Outeiro
To visit: viewpoint / Igreja de São Bartolomeu
To enjoy the tranquillity: walk through the village
Places to visit: Castle / Escoural Grotto
Places to visit: Arraiolos Rugs, Interpretation Centre / Castle / Church of Misericórdia de Arraiolos
Flavours: Restaurante O Alpendre / Restaurante O Pelourinho / pastelaria O Toucinho
Fine wines: Herdade dos Coelheiros (in Igrejinha) / Monte da Ravasqueira
Places to visit: Megalithic Enclosure and Menhir of Almendres / Megalithic Interpretation Centre in the Convent of Remédios
Places to visit numa manhã: Sé Cathedral of Évora / Évora Museum / Évora Public Library / Forum Eugénio de Almeida / Pátio de São Miguel / Roman Temple / enjoy a coffee in the shade in the Palácio Cadaval / atrium of the University of Évora / Church of Espirito Santo
Places to visit in the afternoon: in the afternoon we’ll visit Giraldo and the Bones Chapel / Church of São Francisco / Church of Santo Antão
Flavours: pastelaria Violeta / Pau de Canela / Páteo / Restaurante Cartuxa Wine & Flavours / Taberna Típica quarta-feira / Botequim da Mouraria / Restaurante Dom Joaquim / Tasquinha do Oliveira / Restaurante Fialho / Café Alentejo / Piparoza
Gifts in the rua 5 de outubro: Mont’sobro / D’ Cortiça / Gente da Minha Terra / Cesto
Gifts: O Arco, antiques and collectibles
To visit: Castelo de Redondo / Igreja Matriz de Redondo / Museu do Barro de Redondo
To discover local tradition: Redondo chairs (traditional painted Alentejo furniture – artisan Joaquim Boavida)
To taste great wines, visit and dine: Adega Cooperativa de Redondo / Herdade de São Miguel
To enjoy the landscape: Serra d’Ossa
Within the walls…
To visit: Castelo de Monsaraz / Igreja Matriz de Monsaraz (Nossa Senhora da Lagoa)
To shop: Loja Fabricaal / Coisas de Monsaraz / Xarazarte / Paula Neves shop
To enjoy local cuisine: Doçaria da Casa Tial / Restaurante Sabores de Monsaraz / Restaurante Os Templários
To enjoy the landscape: viewpoints of Monsaraz overlooking Alqueva
Across the plains…
To taste great wines, visit and dine: São Lourenço do Barrocal / Herdade do Esporão
To discover the menhirs: Menir do Barrocal / Cromeleque do Xerez
To taste traditional amphora wines: Adega dos Potes da José de Sousa
To visit an Alentejo blanket factory: Fabricaal
To buy pottery in São Pedro do Corval: Olaria Beijinho / Olaria Patalim
To enjoy the landscape: Alqueva (Monsaraz area / views over the lake)
To visit: Castelo de Estremoz / Museu Municipal de Estremoz / Torre das Três Coroas
To enjoy local cuisine: Restaurante Mercearia Gadanha / Restaurante Alecrim / Formosa pastry shop
To taste great wines: João Portugal Ramos / Dona Maria (Quinta do Carmo) / Adega Monte Branco / Quinta do Mouro / Herdade do Mouchão
To shop: Irmãs Flores / Casa Galileu / local shops in Largo da República / artisan shops and clay figurines
To discover local tradition: Estremoz clay figurines (UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage)
Places to visit: Ducal Palace / Raquel de Castro Marble Museum
Gifts: Artebela Capotes
Flavours: Restaurante Os Cucos / Restaurante Safari
Gifts: Rua dos Antiquários
Flavours: Restaurante O Espiga
January
Janeiras
Évora | Serpa | Beja | Viana do Alentejo
Santo Antão Feast
Estremoz
Estremoz Market (every Saturday morning)
Selmes
“Sabores de Caça” (wild game flavours) food festival (2nd weekend)
Serpa
Alentejan cheese fair (4th weekend)
Estremoz
Estremoz Fair (every Saturday morning)
Beringel
Flavours in clay (4th weekend)
Estremoz
Estremoz Fair (every Saturday morning)
Évora
Holy Week processions
Portel
Holy Week processions
Portel
Açorda festival (açorda = breadcrumbs soaked in broth and seasoned with olive oil and garlic) (1st weekend)
Beja
Ovibeja (4th week, Wednesday to Sunday)
Viana do Alentejo
Horse procession (4th weekend)
Mértola
Bread, cheese and honey fair (4th weekend)
Estremoz
Estremoz Fair (every Saturday morning)
Vidigueira
Festivities of Nossa Senhora das Relíquias (first weekend)
Estremoz
FIAPE - International farming, livestock and handicraft fair (first week, Wednesday to Sunday).
Montemor o Novo
Bread and desserts fair (first weekend)
Mértola
Islamic festival (third weekend)
Beja
Beja Romana (third weekend)
Mértola
Pilgrimage on horseback
Évora
Évora Wine (Last weekend of May)
São Pedro do Corval
Iberian pottery and clay festival (fourth weekend)
Estremoz
Estremoz Fair (every Saturday morning)
Vidigueira | Serra do Mendro
Mendro Climb (Corpus Christi holiday)
Arraiolos
The Carpet is on the Street (weekend of 10 June)
Reguengos de Monsaraz
Feast of Saint Anthony (2nd week, Wednesday to Sunday)
Évora | Vila Viçosa | Redondo | Serpa
Saint John Fair (last week)
Estremoz
Estremoz Market (every Saturday morning)
Alcáçovas
Feira do Chocalho (Cowbell Fair) (fourth Sunday)
Arraiolos
Festival of Lavre (fourth weekend)
Vila Nova de São Bento
Annual Fair of Vila Nova de São Bento (fourth weekend)
Redondo
Flower streets (last week and 1st week of August)
Serpa / Beja
Alentejo Singing Festival
Monsaraz / Reguengos de Monsaraz
Summer events / cultural evenings
Alqueva
Stargazing
Estremoz
Estremoz Fair (every Saturday morning)
Albernoa
Festivities of Nossa Senhora da Luz (first weekend)
Portel
International Folklore Festival (2nd week, Thursday to Monday)
Santana
Festivities of Santana (2nd weekend)
Alvito
Festivities of Nossa Senhora da Assunção (fourth weekend)
Monsaraz / Alqueva
Summer events / cultural evenings
Estremoz
Estremoz Fair (every Saturday morning)
Viana do Alentejo
Almoço dos Ganhões lunch (first Saturday)
Moura
Handicrafts Fair (second week, Thursday to Sunday)
Vila Viçosa
Festa dos Capuchos (festivity of the capuchin monks) (second weekend)
Viana do Alentejo
Fair and Pilgrimage of Senhora d´Aires (fourth Sunday)
Serpa
Iberian Horse Fair (late September, early October)
Estremoz
Estremoz Fair (every Saturday morning)
Estremoz
Estremoz Fair (every Saturday morning)
Alvito
Festivity of Saints and Dry Fruits (weekend of All Saints Day)
Portel
Festivity of the Montado (cork oak forest) (last week of November, from Thursday to Sunday)
Estremoz
Estremoz Fair (every Saturday morning)
Monsaraz
Street Nativity Scene (1 December to 6 January)
Vila de Frades
Vitifrades - Festival of wine prepared in clay vessels (second weekend)
Estremoz
Estremoz Fair (every Saturday morning)