Évora, the museum town

Between Lisbon’s buzz and the quiet Alentejo plain, Évora stacks centuries inside two kilometers of medieval walls. Granite columns from the so‑called Temple of Diana (1st–3rd c.) rise a short walk from the sturdy Romanesque–Gothic Sé, while the Bone Chapel lines its walls with thousands of skulls and femurs. Look closer and you’ll spot baroque azulejos at São Francisco and Roman layers beneath Praça do Giraldo, still the stage for processions and trade since the 1500s.

It runs smoothly: pickup at your hotel in Évora or after a 1h30 drive from Lisbon, a Mercedes at your disposal, and stops tailored to your pace. Your dedicated driver drops you at Portas de Moura, waits through the guided visit of the cathedral and cloister, then heads to the 1559 University for its azulejo‑lined rooms. In Évora, our private chauffeur knows the shortcuts to the Bone Chapel and a Rua 5 de Outubro bakery for warm queijadas while they handle parking and traffic.