Pousada de Evora - Loios

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This luxury hotel is located in the heart of historic the centre of Evora, a city classified by UNESCO as World Heritage. The Pousada Evora, Convent of Loios, was originally a convent and one of Évora's most precious architectural buildings.

On 1965 the convent opens its doors as a Pousada de Portugal, the former cells of the Cónegos Regrantes (the congregation faithful), were converted into luxury decorated rooms, being all different from each other.
Staying at the Pousada of Loios is reliving history itself in each stone, each glance and each object.
Rooms
The Pousada has 31 Rooms and 2 Suites.

The rooms are equipped with:
• AC
• Cable TV
• 220 Volts Voltage
• Mini-Bar
• Hair Drier
• Bathing gowns
• Phone
• Safe
• Internet.
Activities
Activities at the Pousada:
• Swimming pool
• Family games
Activities outside the Pousada:
• Mountain biking
• Shooting (all varieties)
• Cultural tours
• Shooting range
• Theme tours
• Four-wheel driving
• Hot air ballooning
• Bicycle tours
• Horse riding
• Country walks
• Karting
Gastronomy
Specialty Restaurant Menu
• Strawberry cookies with cheese
• Pork filet with Olive Sauce
• Codfish in a Garlic Marinade with Cress Purée
• Sericá’s ice-cream
Interesting Places:
• Roman Temple of Diana
• Lóios Church
• Cathedral (Gothic)
• City Walls
• São Francisco Church (Ossuary Chapel)
• Évora and Sacred Art Museums
• Library
• University (Cloister)
• Giraldo's Square (16th Century Fountain)
• Cromeleque dos Almendres
• Grutas do Escoural
• Monsaraz village
• Évoramonte Castle

Fairs and Markets:
• São João Fair
• Traditional Market (Évora)
• Our lady of Aires (Viana do Alentejo)

Pousada History:
The building where the Pousada dos Lóios is located is the former Monastery of the S. João Evangelista or the Lóios Congregation. Founded on 1485 by D. Rodrigo Melo, 1st Olivença´s Count and constructed with the demand of D. João II, in grounds where part of the Evora’s Castle, with Arabian origins, had existed.
Of this castle there only are some ruins, because it was destroyed by a fire in the revolution of 1383-85 that delineates the battles of the D. Joao’s supporters, who would became king.
In the 18th century, took place the reconstruction of the monastery ordered by the Priest Mestre José de Santa Marta, since it was in a very bad state, a consequence of the earthquake of 1755 that destroyed the building and the city of Évora.
With the royal order, on 1834, to close all the Monasteries and Convents of Portugal, this Monastery became inhabited for a long time.
On 1965, after the necessary remodeling and adaptations, the Monastery opens its doors again as a Pousada de Portugal.
A particularity: the rooms ate in the former cells of the Cónegos Regrantes (the congregation faithful), being all different from each other.

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