Portugal Guide
Evora traffic

Medieval town centres, such as Évora's, don't cope well with modern traffic

Whilst Portugal's new motorway network is magnificent and makes intercity travel amazingly fast, the trouble starts when you arrive at your medieval destination.

Suddenly six straight, empty lanes becomes one wiggly little one, well stuffed, and you find yourself lost, sitting for precious hours gasping fossil fuel and unable to park.

So...if you plan to stay the night in high season in any of the country's old towns, in other words just about all of them, either book a hotel in advance that includes a parking space or leave the infernal machine outside the city walls where there will usually be a large, free car park, and get the legs into action. And don't forget to conceal any kind of valuables.

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