Elvas

Circular walk, 9 km

Route: Elvas

You walk from the parking lot to the Aqueduto de Amoreira. Then follow the road until the exit to Barbacena. You walk back and forth to the Igreja de Santo Amaro, where you have a view of Forte de Nossa Senhora da Graça. The walk continues to this fort. From the fort you walk back to the city on a path. You walk through the old town past the castle and along the fortress. Then you walk back to the parking lot.

shape
loop
length
8 km 942
location
Portalegre, Portugal
start / arrival
parking area Avenida de Badajoz (N4), Elvas
path
path:43%  road:41%  main road:9%  track:6%  stairs:1% 
elevation
rise: 319m / fall: -319m
lowest: 243m / highest: 389m
 
Photo: Aqueduto de Amoreira, Elvas
Aqueduto de Amoreira, Elvas
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Points of interest

  • Igreja da Nossa Senhora da Nazaré, Elvas
  • Igreja de São Domingos, Elvas
  • Igreja de São Lourenço, Elvas
  • Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Assunção, Elvas
  • Igreja das Dominicas, Elvas
  • Igreja de Sao Pedro, Elvas
  • Igreja de Santa Maria de Alcaçova, Elvas
  • Igreja de Sao Francisco, Elvas
  • Igreja de Sao Joao da Corujeira, Elvas
  • Igreja de Santo Amaro, Elvas
  • Fonte de São Lourenço
  • Fonte da Prata
  • Portas de Olivenca
  • Aqueduto da Amoreira
  • Museu Militar de Elvas
  • Arco de Santa Clara
  • Arco de Miradeiro
  • Portas de São Vicente
  • Castelo de Elvas
  • Padräo da Batalha das Linas de Elvas
  • Forte de Nossa Senhora da Graça (castle, XIIX)
  • Avenida de Badajoz (N4)
  • Forte da Graca, N246, Elvas
  • Miradouro da Para do Castelo

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References

Source

We found this trail in publication ‘Elvas, langs fortificaties, kerken en fonteinen’ of Wicky en Erick, published by Wikiloc in 2022.

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