Alqueva
Lake
The landscape around the Alqueva Lake is charming and unique.
Discover the lakeside villages and all they have to offer.
Culture and local cuisine are just some of the reasons why you should visit the lakeside villages of the Alqueva Lake.
One of the strategic aims of the Government is to enhance the tourist potential of the “Lands of the Great Alqueva Lake”.
The dam embraces the valleys of the Guadiana and Degebe rivers, as well as the Alcarrache, Zebro and Lucefecit streams. It offers real potential for tourist development due to its proximity to the villages and towns of Alentejo. These communities stand to benefit greatly from the combination of their own activities with those generated by the increase in tourism, leisure and recreational opportunities provided by the Alqueva waters and its margins.
area
approximately
250 km2
perimeter
approximately
1160 km
length
approximately
83 km
waterways
more than
150 km
The development of an alternative brand of tourism is a large scale activity that aims to innovate the tourist and leisure business in the world.
Mass tourism is giving way to new products, spaces, equipment and services, marketing mechanisms and tourist promotion models. These offer an introduction to new environments and structures in which tourists find a warm and original welcome as they make contact with local people and their values and cultural heritage.
Telheiro village
210
N 38º 26’ 015’’ W 7º 21’ 081’’ (dock)
Telheiro village is a small place located at the foot of the Monsaraz hill. Its main tourist attractions is a fountain from the 18th century, the public washhouse with lovely schist slabs, the Orada Convent and its museum, as well as various megalithic monuments, proof that different cultures settled here in ancient times. Some of its remarkable monuments are: the Bulhôa menhir, the Olival da Pêga dolmens and the Xerez stone circles. The traditional manufacture of blankets and basketry are complemented by the pottery work of S. Pedro do Corval.
3 Restaurant “O Alcaide”
Rua do Convento · Ferragudo
+351 266 557 168 / +351 966 225 377
Wed-Sun: lunch: 12h-16h / dinner: 19h-22h
4 Restaurant “Bar Sem Fim”
Rua das Flores, 6
+351 962 653 711
Fri to Sunday, holidays and bank holidays
0 Medical Care
Praça D. Nuno Álvares Pereira · Monsaraz
+351 266 557 128
Tuesday and Friday
0 Pharmacy “Paulitos”
Pç. da Liberdade, 28 · Reg. de Monsaraz
+351 266 509 071
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0 Pharmacy “Janes”
Pç. Dr. Manuel F. Recto, 16 · S. P. do Corval
+351 266 549 182
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0 Fire Dpt. of Reguengos de Monsaraz
Campo 25 de Abril · Reg. de Monsaraz
+351 266 502 228
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