Marvão

Overview

Marvão is a small hilltop village in the Serra de Mamede in Alto Alentejo, accessible by bus from Portalegre.

It's completely walled with a great castle on top of the mountain - very like a child's dream and free, unless you want to go in the museum there when you will have to sacrifice the princely sum of �1.

It's well worth an hour or so just wandering along the top of the village and feasting on the views - and if you stay there, it's a real treat floodlit.

History