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Activities on and around Quinta do Pomarinho

Are you looking for a more active holiday in Portugal? Would you like to have an adventurous holiday together with your partner, kids, or friends? Then Quinta do Pomarinho is the place to be! From our quinta with a small-scale camping and different types of holiday homes, we have various active package holidays available for people of all ages! An active holiday Portugal is great for groups of adventurers as well as individuals.

An active holiday Portugal can be tailored to your needs depending on your demands and wishes. Next to our walking, cycling, yoga and day trips- package we would also like to offer you the possibility to follow a Portuguese language course. In the hilly surroundings of our quinta you can spontaneously decide to undertake many outdoor activities, and there is also enough to do in the Alto Alentejo regarding culture due to the medieval villages and Roman ruins.

Next to an organized active holiday, the surroundings of the quinta are well-suited for many other activities. For example, you can have a sportive holiday by engaging in various activities individually, with a partner, or with your family. These activities can include scrambling, rock climbing, mountain biking, canoeing, paragliding, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, and biking. You can also go bird watching, visit medieval villages, track down dolmen and antars, and visit Roman ruins.

To put it briefly: our quinta is a wonderful home base for an active holiday in Portugal with numerous activities and excursions that you can enjoy in the surroundings. This way you can enjoy a varied holiday in Alto Alentejo in a beautiful place that offers peace and quiet in the midst of nature!

Activities organized by Quinta do Pomarinho

Hiking

Cycling

Yoga

Daytrips

Learning Portuguese

Activities in the Alto Alentejo

Sports activities Alentejo

Walking. In the adjacent natural park and the nearby river area, you can make very diverse walks. There are over 25 plotted hiking trails in the area.

Biking. Especially in the Spring and Autumn, when nature is green and in full bloom, you can make splendid biking trips over gently rolling hills with fields, through white villages, and past castles.

Climbing. In the rocky mountains of the Serra de São Mamede there are certain places where you can go rock-climbing.

Tennis and horseback riding. You can enjoy these activities Alentejo in the vicinity of Quinta do Pomarinho.

Canoeing. You can canoe on both the river the Tagus and the Sever.

Fishing. In the Baragem Povoa, a reservoir lake nearby (15 km), you can enjoy some good fishing.

Swimming. On the grounds of the quinta there is a small swimming pool and a stream that flows into a lake. You can also swim in the reservoir lakes of Baragem de Povoa (15km) and Apartardura (15). The river Sever has two swimming spots and there are also 5 other swimming pools near the quinta.

Bird watching. On the large ground of the quinta more than 60 species of birds are spotted each year. It is a true bird palace.

Cultural activities Alentejo

Portuguese lessons. On the quinta you can take Portuguese lessons from a Portuguese teacher who has lived and taught in the Netherlands for many years.

Cultural excursions. In the immediate vicinity of the quinta you will find a lot of cultural heritage and interesting places, cities, and monuments.

Antars, menhirs, and dolmen. Around Montemor-o-Novo, Monsaraz, Évora, and Castelo de Vide there are numerous prehistoric monuments such as antars, menhirs, and dolmen. These date from around 5000 B.C. The largest menhir of the Southern Iberian Peninsula is 7.5 meters high.

Museums and archaeology. In many towns you will find interesting museums, for example in Amaia (15 km) and in Castelo de Vide. In Amaia you will also find Roman ruins. On 12km distance from the Quinta do Pomarinho there is also a Roman toll bridge. Near Montforte you can visit the ‘Villa Romana de Torre de Palma’ and the Jewish Quarter with its beautiful fountain and synagogue in Castelo de Vide is well worth a visit.

Other activities Alentejo

Festivities. In the Alentejo there are, just like in the rest of Portugal, a lot of Christian festivals in honor of a certain saint, chapel, or church. There are also many saints to worship, thanks to which there are many festivities!

Agenda

15 January: Santo Amaro

Easter: Grandly celebrated with masses, processions, and sheep bells

First weekend of August: Senhora de Penha, who watches over a small chapel

15 August: Senhora de Graça

21 August: Senhora do Carmo

8 September: Senhora dos Prazeres

First weekend of September: Santa Margarido de Setembro

7 December: Senhora de Conceiçao

Other fun activities Alentejo includes attending a Medieval festival in Castelo de Vide (first week of September) and the Arab party in Marvão (October). In November, there is also a chestnut party in Marvão.

Markets. In Castelo de Vide there is a small market every Friday morning. And on the last Saturday of month, there is a large outdoor market. Special is the weekly gypsy market on Saturday in Estremoz (60km). On Monday morning there is a market in Valencia a Alcantara (Spain, 25 km).

More information about activities in the Alto Alentejo

Please feel free to contact us for additional information about one of the above activities in the Alto Alentejo. We are glad to give you more details.