Getting there

Planes

The nearest airports are at Lisbon – serviced by EasyJet (www.easyjet.com) – and across the Spanish border in Badajoz, which you can fly to direct from the UK with Iberia (www.iberia.com). From late May, BMI will operate a direct flight to and from London Heathrow and Beja, every Sunday morning (www.bmi.com).

Trains

Trains are few and far between in this part of the world – the rail service from Lisbon only goes as far as Evora.

Automobiles

If you want to explore | a car is an advantage. Driving around is easy | and routes are relatively uncomplicated | but Portuguese motorways aren’t for the faint-hearted as the lanes are narrow.