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| Mertola |
MONDAY 5 MAY 2008
There is a bus twice a week to Mertola, so we caught the bus at 10.00 a.m. with the Swedish couple we had met in Pomarao. The drive was spectacular, going through the Alentejo.
Mertola is an historic town with beautiful white buildings and a fort overlooking the Rio Guadiana. When digging up one of the main streets, 5th century Christian graves were discovered, which are now being excavated.
The fort and museum was closed, as it was a Monday, but we walked around the fort and visited a craft shop where wool is weaved into towels, blankets, bags etc. A white stork was nesting with it’s young in the clock tower by the river. We had a wonderful lunch of the lamb dish we had had in Pomarao– Cozida do Grao do Alentejo, and then caught the bus back to Alcoutim.
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