{"id":20995,"date":"2019-08-30T03:20:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T17:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=20995"},"modified":"2020-07-20T07:19:51","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T21:19:51","slug":"evora-portugal-%f0%9f%87%b5%f0%9f%87%b9-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=20995","title":{"rendered":"\u00c9vora, Portugal \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 27th August 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 179 kms from Ericeira to \u00c9vora in the Province of Alentejo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: \u00c9vora <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: \u00c9vora municipal aire, free with services. N38.56357, W07.91695<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 79 days @ \u20ac75 per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our stay in Ericeira is done, but we give the Hymer a clean in the Intermarch\u00e9 car-wash, fill with cheap Intermarch\u00e9 diesel and do a quick shop at the Lidl across the road before we say goodbye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We set the GPS for \u00c9vora in the Province of Alentejo. It\u2019s around 160 kms east of Lisbon in central Portugal. We take the tollway to avoid Lisbon\u2019s congestion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We cross the Vasco De Gama Bridge, at 17.2 kms in length, the longest bridge in Europe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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According to Google it remarkably only took 3 years to complete. 18 months of planning and pre-construction works, then 18 months to knock it together.
You\u2019d by lucky to add a two room extension to your house in that length of time in Sydney. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Once across the Rio Tejo the landscape changes rapidly as does the temperature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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White stork nest\u2019s must keep the power companies busy. Amazing !<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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15 kms west of \u00c9vora, we turn for Cromeleque dos Almendres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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