On Tuesday morning, we woke up and had breakfast at the hotel and then explored the gardens a bit before packing up to leave. The gardens were beautiful but I found the map hard to navigate and I was looking for fountains that were more 3 dimensional than what was actually there. After checking out of our hotel, our driver picked us up to head to Evora which is about a 3 hour drive. We stopped once to use the bathroom and the rest stop was so civilized and organized.
Our hotel in Evora is a little outside the city and is a former convent from the 15th century. It’s beautiful and our room is pretty big. We had to walk through the cloisters to get to our room (and pass a lot of religious art). After settling in briefly we took an uber to our food tour meeting point and wandered a little before meeting our guide Marcus.
Marcus took us into a wine shop to start and a few cafes before ending in a bakery. We had cheese and olive oil, bifana (but different than what we had in Porto), a pork dish with picked vegetables covered in French fries, scrambled eggs with bacon, and finally a local conventual tart. It was more cakey than custardy. He also took us into a store that sold olive oil, wine and liquor. We had a cherry liquor in a little chocolate cup. We had already had 2 wines and a beer so I had to spill some liquor out. It was so hot in the town, my fan was nearly useless. Today is supposed to be slightly hotter (high of 99) but hopefully the heat breaks soon. We get a tour of Evora today so we will get to know the city better.
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