Ameixial (Algarve) - Santa Cruz

Coming from Ameixial (Algarve), we enter Alentejo via overlying Ribeira do Vascão, a reverse route of the one once used by the Grandmaster Paio Peres Correia and his Knights of Santiago, integrated in the host of D. Afonso III, to conquer central Algarve. Not only a strategic region for its importance as a place of passage between the Algarve and Alentejo, it was also the place where the terrible Remexido set the last bastion of King Miguel’s guerrilla, which followed the civil war in the mid 19th century, leaving a trail of terror and violence that contributed to the exodus of populations. With the “weight” of History hidden in each step of the Way, we leave behind the biggest slopes of Serra do Caldeirão and we discover the valley of Ribeira do Vascão, a well-kept affluent of the Guadiana river, exuberant in biodiversity and freshness, even in Summer, inviting you to take a desirable break on the hidden pebble beaches.