Lusitano South

This museum is the only one of its kind in the whole Iberian Peninsula, and one of the best five in the world. It occupies ten rooms of a 16th-century convent in the heart of SERPA's historic center. It contains more than 2400 watches and clocks, from 1630 till the present time. The more valuable piece is the one shown in the picture, with all its original components, which work once a year for maintenance. This outstanding private museum is self-reliant, supported by the fees of visitors, a very well quoted Restoration Workshop, and the selling of several exclusive design models. (http://www.facebook.com/museudorelogioserpaevora)

an old Mosque converted into a Catholic Church

this is the view from the MIGAS Restaurant, at Mértola (press z to see in the lightbox)

SERPA

at Museu Regional, BEJA (press z to see in the lightbox)

Villa Áulica, 1st century, shows spa, garden, and a temple belonging to an important agricultural house (press z to see in the lightbox)

at Museu Regional de BEJA (press z to see in the lightbox)

showing the location of the forty main groups, at Museu do Cante Alentejano, SERPA

at Museu do Relógio, SERPA (press z to see in the lightbox)

today I will sleep here, in a princely room, with a bath in the room and separate shower and WC compartments, and a private balcony...and the city is of great beauty, simplicity, and harmony

sculpture in marble by João CUTILEIRO (1937-2021), at Marina, Vila Real de Santo António (press z to see in the lightbox)

the guesthouse is opposite the church, at Marquês de Pombal Square (press z to see in the lightbox)

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at Igreja Matriz de Alcoutim

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at Tavira