Day 41 - Roman around

On leaving Lisbon we travelled over one of the longest bridges we have ever seen. We drove to Evora, an ancient medieval walled city with a Roman temple and of course masses of souvenir shops and tourists. 

From there it was south to the coast stopping at Beja for lunch. Travelling through this part of Portugal it was obvious the farmers must be desperate for rain to come as it was very dry with no pasture.

We arrived on the south west coast at Ponta da Piedade which consists of lots of rock formations, cliffs, grottos and caves. We were surprised that there wasn't a boardwalk or any barriers especially as the tourists were standing very close to crumbling cliff faces. 

We drove through Lagos and on to our overnight stop at Portimao. We were only a couple of minutes walk from the beach where we finished our day with drinks overlooking the water, followed by a nice dinner of grilled fish.