{"id":2642,"date":"2026-09-05T17:06:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pedrobravoguia.com\/?p=2642"},"modified":"2026-09-05T17:06:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:06:42","slug":"5-days-of-birdwatching-culture-and-talha-wines-in-the-alentejo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pedrobravoguia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/05\/5-days-of-birdwatching-culture-and-talha-wines-in-the-alentejo\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Days of Birdwatching, Culture and Talha wines in the Alentejo"},"content":{"rendered":"

For bird lovers, as well as those who appreciate the pleasures of wine and food, the Alentejo in November is a hidden paradise.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the arrival of the first autumn chills, thousands of cranes arrive to winter in the Alentejo. They join the great bustards, the black-bellied sandgrouse, and the red kites that, in large numbers, soar through the skies of the Alentejo fields. The Iberian imperial eagle is also the queen of the steppe and, with the nearby Spanish population, constitutes the best place on the planet for its observation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In November, we also have the tasting of the new wine, and in the Alentejo, it is essential to get to know the talha wines, or anphora wines, a winemaking process left by the Romans, which has survived to this day in small-scale artisanal wineries. In rural Alentejo, wine is often drunk at the \u201ctaberna\u201d, accompanied by small pieces of food and good conversation with whoever comes along. What also appears there is the \u201ccante alentejano\u201d (alentejo singing), a Portugal\u2019s cultural heritage, <\/span>hich was recognised as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2014,<\/b> choral singing with a tone that seems to come from the depths of the earth and tells us about the lives of rural workers in the Alentejo countryside. Going to Alentejo at this time is also to get to know the hot foods, the a\u00e7ordas, a kind of soup where bread, cod, and aromatic herbs are prominent, as well as the well-seasoned chickpea stews with traditional sausages that greatly appreciate the company of wine.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 5 days, we will visit the main birdwatching spots south of the Tagus River, the plains of Mour\u00e3o and Castro Verde where we will see cranes and great bustards, also the isolated castle of Noudar and its well-preserved holm oak forest where the birds of the “montado” and vultures, griffon vulture and black vulture live. We will not miss the unmissable Guadiana Valley Natural Park, territory of the Iberian imperial eagle, Bonelli’s eagle and the Iberian lynx.<\/span><\/p>\n

On our return to Lisbon, we will visit the coastal lagoons of Santo Andr\u00e9 and the Sado Estuary Nature Reserve, where thousands of aquatic and wading birds spend the winter.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 5 days, we will easily see more than 100 species of birds and get to know the Alentejo better, a Portuguese region with a strong identity where we can combine the pleasure of birdwatching and enjoying nature with the experience of getting to know a territory with a still very rural culture, unique in continental Europe, and the tasting of an unparalleled gastronomic and wine heritage.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For bird lovers, as well as those who appreciate the pleasures of wine and food, the Alentejo in November is a hidden paradise. With the arrival of the first autumn chills, thousands of cranes arrive to winter in the Alentejo. They join the great bustards, the black-bellied sandgrouse, and the red kites that, in large […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-birdwatching-2","category-gastronomy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t