Évora Megalithic

This is the experience that you will not be able to miss in Évora! Discover our prehistoric ancestors and can create your unique personal experience at the wheel of a 100% electric vehicle: the Twizy!

Your journey starts with a presentation of our electric vehicle: easy to drive, full automatic gears. Then we show you how to take advantage of the available technology for you: GPS Guide, free Wi-Fi and Record or Broadcast your experience via Social Media to all of your Friends and Family.

After you are comfortable with everything, you set off on your unique road trip. You have 4 hours to discover Dolmen’s, Cromlech’s, Menhir’s and other megalithic monuments that give you a glimpse of the past, with the inhabitants of the region leaving a long-lasting testament to their culture.

Tour the Village of Guadalupe, named from the hermitage Our Lady of Guadalupe. This is where thousands of years ago humans settled on a fertile and pleasant place for farming.

Drive next to the Almendres Menhir, a 4 metres tall stone associated to fertility due to its phallic nature and then to the Almendres Cromlech.

Little is known about the culture that raised this stones but some believe that it could have been an astronomical observatory or had some ritual or religious significance for those living around it. Find yourself some meaning on this tour and explore the circles and serpentine shapes and other carvings. Freely wander around the site and even touch the stones, a rare experience for such an historically important place.

Next stop is the Anta Grande do Zambujeiro, a dolmen considered as one of the biggest such structures in all of Iberia Peninsula and the final Megalithic monument to see on this tour.

Carry on driving along this countryside roads to find the ruins of Giraldo Castle near the village of Valverde. Records from the 15th century indicate that the castle was associated with Giraldo Sem Pavor (Fearless Giraldo), a warrior who conquered Évora from the Muslims in 1165.

Finish your tour with a visit to the Roman Villa of Tourega before heading back to Évora.

This wide thermal complex was part of an important Roman Villa and situated in Roman territory of Ebora Liberalitas Julia belonging to influent people of the time.

This amazing experience brought to you by Live Electric Tours was designed to discover the oldest historical side of Évora and relax on a countryside road trip at your own pace.

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You Choose!

Live Electric Tours deliveries the Twizys wherever you want!

You can pickup the vehicles for free at one of our 4 partner hotels: Hotel do Espinheiro; Évora Hotel; Hotel M'ar de Ar Muralhas; e M'ar de Ar Aqueduto.

If you are not hosted or can not go near one of these 4 partner hotels, please write the address of your accommodation inside Evora and our team will be there at the schedule time your city tour begins.

Additional Information

Along the route and due to the state of the roads there will be some dust which may be uncomfortable for people with respiratory problems.

If you exceed the defined duration of your tour, there’s an extra cost of 20 euros per additional hour.

• Rental of a Renault TWIZY (capacity: 2 people)
• Vehicle Briefing Before Start
• Pickup and Dropoff to your accommodation (extra 10€) - Free for the 4 Partner Hotels
• Tour with GPS Tour Guide with the duration of 4 hours
• Free Wi-Fi for you and passenger
• Live Streaming of your experience to share with friends and family via Social Media
• Digital recording of the whole experience to later remember 
• Civil Liability, Personal Accidents and Car Insurance

• Village of Guadalupe
• Almendres Menhir
• Almendres Cromlech
• Great Dolmen of Zambujeiro