Cork, Wine and Olive Oil
Inside a Cork Oak Forest
Évora countryside
Walk through the montado, the cork oak landscape that defines the Alentejo.
Half day
Cork, Wine and Olive Oil
Falconry Over the Montado
An evening with a falconer on a country estate, as hawks and falcons fly free over the cork oak plains.
- Location
- A country estate in the Alentejo
- Duration
- Two to three hours
- Best seasons
- Spring, autumn and winter
- Pace
- Gentle
- Regions
- Alentejo Central, Alto Alentejo
The story
Falconry is one of the oldest ways of working with the land, and in the open montado of the Alentejo it still has room to breathe. On the terrace of a country estate, a falconer introduces the birds he raises and trains, then lets them fly over the oaks and return to the glove. Guests can hold a bird themselves, guided at every step, as the light turns gold over the plains.
The day
What you do
- 1Meet the falconer and the birds he raises and trains
- 2Watch hawks and falcons fly free over the cork oaks
- 3Hold a bird on the glove, then stay for a glass of wine on the terrace at sunset
Gentle on the land
Falconers in the region care for birds of prey and share their knowledge of the wildlife of the montado.
Where this is
A country estate in the Alentejo
Alentejo Central · Alto Alentejo
Approximately 38.75° N, 7.75° W
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