Baixo Alentejo Voyage Tips and guide

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Map of Baixo Alentejo

• 38.3725-8.5133331 Alcácer do Sal — a very old town on top of a hill, by the Sado River. The municipality includes the seaside village of Comporta.
• 38.25-7.9833332 Alvito — town with castle and palace
• 38.015556-7.8652783 Beja — sits on a high hill overlooking beautiful and fertile valleys that produce cereals, olive oil, and wine
• 38.176809-8.5688964 Grândola — a town known for singer Zeca Afonso as "Vila Morena" (tawny town), with a mountain of the same name
• 37.583333-8.6333335 Odemira — the largest municipality in Portugal by area. It includes the seaside village of Zambujeira do Mar with fine sandy beaches and traditional architecture; it is part of the Nature Park of the Southwest Alentejo
• 37.954722-8.8641676 Sines — port and castle city where Vasco da Gama was born
• 38-8.6833337 Santiago do Cacém — it has Roman ruins, a Moorish castle, and a 13th-century church

• 38.040656-8.7432831 Badoca Safari Park
• 37.700069-7.6487072 Guadiana Valley Natural Park — includes the Pulo do Lobo, a where the waters of the Guadiana fall about 20 m through a rocky gorge
• 38.099722-8.7944443 Natural Reserve of the Lagoons of Santo André and Santa Sancha
• 38.463109-8.7351774 Sado Estuary Natural Reserve — a nesting, resting or wintering spot for many of 221 species of birds that have been recorded here

Baixo Alentejo (BIGH-shoo uh-lehn-TAY-zhoo, /ˈbaj.ʃu ɐ.ɫẽ.ˈtɐj.ʒu/)