Small villages near Alcácer do Sal
Small villages near Alcácer do Sal
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Santa Susana village
Not far from the Pego de Altar dam, the village of Santa Susana (Saint Susan) holds quite some novelty: buildings in modernist architecture from the 40s. They were built by the benefactor, Henrique Louro Fernandes, whose monogram (HF) adorns some buildings. A small church, with two 16th century panels, somewhat worn but still magnificent, round off a visit to this oddity of a village.
Porto de Rei
This was the navigable limit for the vessels of the people settling the Sado. A small palace, even if in poor state of repair, points to a time when the river still represented a key trading route between the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
Torrão
Located at one tip of the Vale de Gaio dam, this tiny town has bleached white houses with enormous chimneys to characterise its streets. The matrix church boasts a lovely Manueline portico and, inside, still has Spanish-Arabian tiles in the lateral chapels. Of what remains of the convent, there is still the belvedere where nuns could look out over the fields of sunflowers that both then and now surround this charming place.
Vale do Gaio Dam
30 kilometres from Alcácer, there is the perfect sport for a spot of walking, bicycling or boating, hunting or fishing. By the bank, the Vale de Gaio pousada (manor hotel) puts on horse-drawn coach rides and rents row boats.
Not far from the Pego de Altar dam, the village of Santa Susana (Saint Susan) holds quite some novelty: buildings in modernist architecture from the 40s. They were built by the benefactor, Henrique Louro Fernandes, whose monogram (HF) adorns some buildings. A small church, with two 16th century panels, somewhat worn but still magnificent, round off a visit to this oddity of a village.
Porto de Rei
This was the navigable limit for the vessels of the people settling the Sado. A small palace, even if in poor state of repair, points to a time when the river still represented a key trading route between the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
Torrão
Located at one tip of the Vale de Gaio dam, this tiny town has bleached white houses with enormous chimneys to characterise its streets. The matrix church boasts a lovely Manueline portico and, inside, still has Spanish-Arabian tiles in the lateral chapels. Of what remains of the convent, there is still the belvedere where nuns could look out over the fields of sunflowers that both then and now surround this charming place.
Vale do Gaio Dam
30 kilometres from Alcácer, there is the perfect sport for a spot of walking, bicycling or boating, hunting or fishing. By the bank, the Vale de Gaio pousada (manor hotel) puts on horse-drawn coach rides and rents row boats.
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