Mértola
Beja (Alentejo)
Mértola is a museum-town on the Guadiana: a mosque-turned-church with mihrab still facing Mecca, Roman and Islamic layers under every street, and the whitewashed houses climbing above the river’s last navigable reach.
Don’t miss
- Igreja Matriz — the mosque church
- Islamic art collections in situ
- Guadiana riverside terraces
- Vale do Guadiana nature park
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