Aldeia Típica de Alportel

Narrow streets of stone, with prominent chimneys and furnaces, bent roofs, whitewashed walls, yards and “poiais”. Going out for a walk leads you to tranquillity, as the pure air carries the scent of rock-rose, rosemary and brushwood. The historical centre of São Brás de Alportel has ground, whitewashed houses with a traditional architecture and the palacelike buildings of the former manufactures and tradesmen of cork, with façades cored with glazed tiles, carved ashlar masonry and iron balconies.