Mértola

Beja · Portugal

Mértola, Portugal
Photo: Alexey Komarov, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
spring and autumn
Budget
$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
Open in maps

A hilltop town above the Guadiana river where a former mosque now serves as the parish church, a rare survival in Portugal. Its layered Roman, Islamic and medieval remains make it an open-air archaeological site.

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