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Tavira
Genteel riverside town of churches and a Roman bridge, a relaxed base for the eastern Algarve.
57 km · about 65 min drive
Beja, Portugal · Europe
Mértola sits on the route: 30 minutes from Minas de São Domingos, 57km from Tavira.
Mértola is a town located in Beja, Portugal. With a population of 7,274, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Mértola sits in Portugal, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Lisbon time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Mértola to your route.
Mértola (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmɛɾtulɐ] ), officially the Town of Mértola (Portuguese: Vila de Mértola), is a town and municipality in southeastern Portuguese Alentejo near the Spanish border. In 2021, the population of the municipality was 6,206, in an area of approximately 1,292.87 square kilometres (499.18Read more
mi2): it is the sixth-largest municipality in Portugal. Meanwhile, it is the second-lowest population centre by density with approximately 5.62 persons/1 square kilometre (0.39 mi2) (second to the adjacent Alcoutim).
The seat of the municipality is the town of Mértola, which had around 2500 inhabitants at the time of the 2021 census, located on a hill over the Guadiana River. Its strategic location made it an important fluvial commercial port in Classical Antiquity, through the period of Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Mértola's main church (the Church of Nossa Senhora da Anunciação) was the only medieval mosque to have survived the period in Portugal.
In 2017 Mértola started the process to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Mértola is located in Beja, Portugal, Europe. The coordinates are 37.6430 latitude, -7.6611 longitude.
Mértola has a population of approximately 7,274 people, making it a town in Portugal.
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Genteel riverside town of churches and a Roman bridge, a relaxed base for the eastern Algarve.
57 km · about 65 min drive
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