Marvão is a small hilltop village in the Serra de Mamede in Alto Alentejo, accessible by bus from Portalegre.

It's completely walled with a great castle on top of the mountain - very like a child's dream and free, unless you want to go in the museum there when you will have to...

Marvão is a small hilltop village in the Serra de Mamede in Alto Alentejo, accessible by bus from Portalegre.

It's completely walled with a great castle on top of the mountain - very like a child's dream and free, unless you want to go in the museum there when you will have to sacrifice the princely sum of 1.

It's well worth an hour or so just wandering along the top of the village and feasting on the views - and if you stay there, it's a real treat floodlit.

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