# Marvão Castle and its cistern

What to do en Marvão · Marvão

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/marvao/things-to-do/marvao-castle-and-cistern · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Duración: 1 h
- Temporada: All year; frequent fog in winter
- Para quién: Everyone; cobbled stairs and ramps

Visit · 1 h · Walls more than 850 m above two countries and one of the largest cisterns in Portugal

The castle occupies the highest point of the ridge. From its walls you see the Alentejo plain, the Serra de São Mamede and Extremadura. Go down to the cistern, one of the largest in the country: it is believed that during a siege it supplied the town with water for more than six months. The ramps are slippery in rain or fog; wear sturdy shoes.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 39.3955, -7.379

## Cerca de aquí

- [Municipal museum in the church of Santa Maria](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/marvao/things-to-do/marvao-museum), a 68 m
- [fago](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/marvao/where-to-eat/fago), a 191 m
- [Dom Dinis Marvão](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/marvao/where-to-stay/dom-dinis), a 199 m
- [Marvão Chestnut Fair](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/marvao/things-to-do/chestnut-fair), a 245 m
- [The town and the walk along the walls](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/marvao/things-to-do/marvao-walls-walk), a 245 m
- [Ninho d'Águias Restaurant](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/marvao/where-to-eat/ninho-d-aguias), a 300 m
- [Pousada Marvão](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/marvao/where-to-stay/pousada-marvao), a 300 m
- [PR3 trail from Castelo de Vide to Marvão](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/marvao/things-to-do/pr3-castelo-de-vide-marvao), a 3.3 km

Destino: [Marvão](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/marvao.md)