Tourist Attractions in Elvas

Approximately in the same latitude as Lisbon, Elvas (altitude: 300m/985ft) is an old fortress town near the Spanish frontier and set amid rich fruit orchards and olive groves. To counter its Spanish opposite number, Badajoz, the town was ever more strongly fortified from the late medieval period onwards, and in the 17th and 18th centuries was still further reinforced by powerful forts, which are among the best preserved and most impressive of their period in Portugal.

Nowadays the center for marketing the agricultural produce of the fertile surrounding area, Elvas is also popular with tourists and has several fairly large hotels in the middle of town, set in pleasant gardens.