Beaches
Mourão river beach: the largest on Lake Alqueva
320 metres of sand on an island, a Blue Flag, free parasols and an enclosed pool for children. Everything about the biggest river beach on Alqueva.
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Mourão
The lakeside village where Casa de Santa Margarida is: a castle, a river beach, and the ordinary life of an Alentejo village.
Mourão is a village of just over two thousand people in the Évora district, a few kilometres from the Spanish border. There's a medieval castle at the highest point, with a view across the whole plain, and the largest river beach on Alqueva a kilometre from the centre.
It isn't a tourist village, and that's the point. There's a grocer, a butcher, cafés with actual people in them mid-morning, and restaurants where lunch costs very little and is very good.
Guides
Villages
Mourão: what to see in the village by the lake
A castle, a parish church, the largest river beach on the lake and the ordinary life of a real Alentejo village. What to see in Mourão and why stay here.
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What's on
Festivals and events in Mourão through the year
Mourão's traditional festivals, roughly when they happen, and where to check the official calendar before planning a trip.
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