Example sentences for: alentejo

How can you use “alentejo” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The northernmost point of the coastal Alentejo is the narrow, sandy peninsula of Tróia, 46 km (28 miles) northwest of the attractive town of Alcácer do Sal.

  • Portugal’s wine industry produces not only excellent table wines from regions like Dão, Douro, and Alentejo, but legendary port wine, which comes from the north.

  • Of Roman origin (it was a regional capital under Julius Caesar), the agricultural city of Beja (78 km/48 miles south of Évora) is at the hub of roads that lead to Lisbon, the Algarve, and across the Alentejo.

  • The Rossio (Praça Marquês de Pombal) forms the heart of the lower town and is home to the hustle and bustle of a Saturday market, one of the region’s liveliest, where you can buy the famous pottery of Estremoz, tasty local cheese, and any of the other agricultural products of the Alentejo.

  • They settled in the Alentejo, along the Tagus river, and in the Algarve (which they named al-Gharb, or “Western Land”).


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