Alentejo's Secret

[Jose Maria]

As far as I have researched online, Alentejo seems to be a good place to settle down. Peaceful surroundings. Nice beaches. Not much tourist travelling.

I am looking for bargain houses to let or even to purchase for the long term. Your advice would surely help me acclimatize to the area.

thanks.

[lorena]

Hello Jose Maria

Just to share what I found online on Alentejo

Alentejo is best known as the slowest and most laid back of all the regions in Portugal. Most tours portray Alentejo as the place “where even time takes time”. Many townspeople urge visitors walking too fast in the area are urged by locals to “calma, calma” or slow down. The land has been best known for its vineyards, with ten percent devoted for winemaking. The other ninety percent is for cereal grains and olives. The people of Alentejo or Alentejanos have been the object of ridicule for their seeming slow motion in things that they do. In reality, the slow country is the best retreat you can have as a visitor to the region from the rat race of the modern world.

See, perfect to lounge around in and take long langorious lunches by the lakeside....