Lake`s Location:

The lands around the Alqueva lake offer unique sensations and opportunities to visitor, investors, persons are looking to establish a new existence or want to find the right place for retiring. In a breathtaking way the "new" water is embedded in the landscape very naturally and offers an environment free of any pollution.For the tourist the visit of the small villages like Amieira, Alqueva and Estrela directly on the water is a wonderful destination, where a lot of activities can be done: boat trips, sailing, horse riding, swimming, fishing... Visitors wanting to enjoy archaeological and architectonic patrimony can visit Alandroal, Portel, Monsaraz, Juromenha and Terena.
The never-ending nature and old roads are waiting to be discovered by walking, biking, riding or a cross-country car. A visit of the biggest ostrich farm in Portugal with a restaurant and a small farm shop between Alqueva and Amieira (http://inn.baronigg.com/), no entrance fee, is also a "must"as well as to enjoy the picturesque castle of Monasaz (World Culture Heritage) where you feel like in the Middle Ages.

Innumerable traditional and modern "Festas", Festivals, Fairs, Markets and sport co
mpetitions offer the visitor a wide range of entertainment. There are accommodations around the Alqueva Lake: Portel: Residencial, Hotel, B&B, agro-touristic Amieira: B&B, Rural Hotel, Reguengos: Hotel, Residencial Monsaraz: Hotel, Residencial, B&B, Agro-touristic Mourão: B&B Moura: Hotel, ResidencialsAlso the night life offers a variety of entertainment, beginning with the small typical bars, where sometimes old men sing the traditional rural songs (in all villages and cities), pubs (Amieria, Reguengos, Mourão, Moura) and ending with small and big discotheques (Portel, Reguengos, Vila Nueva de Fresno, Viana, Beja, Evora)

Maps:

With a surface of 250 km2, a lakeside of 1.200 km (about 1.000 km on Portuguese territory, the rest in Spain) and a length of about 85 km the "Barragem de Alqueva" is today the biggest artificial lake in Europe.
Infra-structure:
Due to the construction of the dam all streets and roads around the lake have been re
