# The walled town and castle of Monsaraz

What to do en Monsaraz · Monsaraz

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

- Duración: 2 h
- Temporada: All year; best at sunset
- Para quién: Everyone; cobbles and stairs on the wall

Walk · 2 h · Two white streets up to a castle looking out over Lake Alqueva · Free

You park outside the gate and walk up two cobbled streets of whitewashed houses to the castle, at the end of the hill. From its walls you see the lake, the plain and Spain on the other side of the water. Go up an hour before sunset, when the light falls head-on across the lake.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 38.443, -7.3807

## Cerca de aquí

- [Sabores de Monsaraz](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/monsaraz/where-to-eat/sabores-de-monsaraz), a 65 m
- [Fresco Museum, the good and the bad judge](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/monsaraz/things-to-do/fresco-museum), a 110 m
- [Xerez Cromlech beside the Orada convent](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/monsaraz/things-to-do/xerez-cromlech), a 597 m
- [Monte Alerta](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/monsaraz/where-to-stay/monte-alerta), a 1.4 km
- [Monsaraz river beach on Lake Alqueva](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/monsaraz/things-to-do/monsaraz-river-beach), a 2.5 km
- [São Lourenço do Barrocal](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/monsaraz/where-to-stay/sao-lourenco-do-barrocal), a 2.6 km
- [Pottery workshops of São Pedro do Corval](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/monsaraz/things-to-do/corval-pottery), a 5.4 km
- [Stargazing at the Cumeada Dark Sky observatory](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/monsaraz/things-to-do/alqueva-stargazing), a 8.2 km

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