There are several designated driving routes in Portugal that you can use to visit multiple megalithic sites. I’ll be listing and providing details about them all as I try them out. The map below shows the routes that I’ve identified so far. Highlighted pins have links to detailed descriptions.
Links to external websites with driving route information (not vetted by me!):
Some tourist routes
- Alentejo tourism routes (two 7-day tour routes) – English description here
- Visit Évora route (in English)
- European “Route of Megalithic Culture” includes information from the NaturTejo Geopark (in Castelo Branco district) (their brochure here)
- Portugal Visitor’s list of sites (in English)
Official routes
This listing is not organized at the moment …it’s just a list that I’m adding to.
- Viseu/Dão/Lafões (group of three districts in Central Portugal) has the MEG: Rota de Megalitismo
- Esposende (in Braga district) “Circuito de Megalítico” (with brochure and map)
- Montemor o Novo (in Évora district) “Roteiro de Megalitismo (de automóvel)” (with brochure)
- Coruche (in Santarém district) City Museum’s “Roteiro Megalítico de Coruche” (brochure with map)
- Vila do Bispo (in Faro district) “Roteiro de Monte dos Amantes” (with map and brochure)
- Marvão (in Portalegre district) is creating a “Roteiro Megalítico” (University of Évora has a PDF map on file)
- Redondo (in Évora district) has a walking trail “Percurso das Antas” (with map and brochure)
- Alto Minho (in Viana do Castelo district) has a Rota da Arte Rupestre e do Megalitismo (with a PDF brochure and map)
- Carregal do Sal (on border of Viseu/Coimbra districts) has a Circuito Pré-Histórico Fiais/Azenha (with a PDF brochure)