Évora: Portugal’s Living UNESCO Secret

Évora is Portugal's most underrated city where you can literally walk from a 2,000-year-old

Roman temple to a chapel made entirely of human bones in seven minutes. This UNESCO gem

sits in the Alentejo region, just 90 minutes from Lisbon, yet feels worlds

away. The Chapel of Bones displays 5,000 skulls arranged in geometric patterns with a

chilling inscription warning that your bones are next. But it's not all macabre—the city

pulses with university students, serves incredible slow-cooked pork in medieval taverns,

and offers wine tastings in buildings older than most European capitals. Twenty minutes outside

town, you'll find stone circles that predate Stonehenge by 3,000 years.