As I drove along the empty motorway, a hill-top town rose on the horizon, its snow-white dazzle standing out against a sky the same shade of blue as a painted Portuguese tile. Tucked into a northerly corner of the sparsely inhabited Alentejo region, Estremoz is just 90 minutes by car from Lisbon airport yet remains stuck in the tourist slow lane, slumped in a doze that recalls the rural Portugal of an earlier, slower time.
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Never heard of Alentejo? Even those who have tend to keep it to themselves. Easily Portugal’s best-kept secret, once you discover this place, you’ll never.
Lisbon and Porto will always be lovely, but the essence of Portugal is in the laid-back region between the bustling capital and the famous southerly beach towns.
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