Portugal » Lisbon | 🏛 Best Museums In Lisbon · Lisbon City Tour · évora City Tour

Évora Day Trip from Lisbon: Cathedral, Chapel of Bones & Wine Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★ 5.00 (1 reviews)

Free cancellation

1/10

Duration8h–9h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN · PT +1

PickupAt your hotel

Medieval Évora in One Day: Roman Temples, Bone Chapel & Local Wine

You travel from Lisbon to the medieval walled city of Évora, visiting the Roman Diana Temple, the 12th-century cathedral, and the 17th-century Chapel of Bones with its bone-lined interior. The day includes a Portuguese wine and olive tasting, all transport, entry fees, and water. You return to Lisbon in the late afternoon.

8h–9h

Step-by-step itinerary

Visit Diana Temple
Walk through Praça do Giraldo
Tour Évora Cathedral
Explore Chapel of Bones
Enjoy olive and wine tasting

The Experience

The bus is already rolling when you settle in — you're heading inland from Lisbon toward Évora, a medieval city that UNESCO locked down as a World Heritage site back in 1986. The drive takes you past the Tagus valley, and by mid-morning you're walking into Praça do Giraldo, the main square where Portuguese history actually happened: executions, inquisition burnings, land reform debates. It's not a pretty postcard moment — it's the weight of centuries sitting in front of you, and the medieval walls are still standing around it.

Your guide takes you to the Diana Temple first, one of the best-preserved Roman temples on the Iberian Peninsula, and then into the Évora Cathedral, which was founded in 1186 and consecrated in 1204. The cathedral is the largest medieval one in Portugal, and the shift from Romanesque to Gothic architecture is written right into the stone. After that comes the Chapel of Bones — built in the 17th century by three Franciscan friars who wanted to remind people that life is fragile. The message carved above the entrance says it plainly: "We bones that are here, for yours we wait." It's not morbid the way you'd expect; it's more like standing in front of something honest.

Before heading back to Lisbon, you stop for olive and wine tasting — the kind where you're supposed to touch it, look at it, smell it, then taste it. Portuguese wine is not what most people know, and the tasting walks you through what the region actually produces. The whole day is maybe eight or nine hours, and the air-conditioned vehicle means you're not melting between stops. Bottled water is on board, and if you need WiFi, it's there too.

What’s included

Air-conditioned vehicle transport from Lisbon to Évora and back.
entry to the Évora Cathedral and Chapel of Bones.
guided visits to the Diana Temple and Praça do Giraldo.
Portuguese wine and olive tasting.
bottled water throughout the day.
WiFi on board.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePublic transport nearby

Operated by Madruga Tours

Is this one for you?A good fit if you want Évora's main sights — the Roman temple, medieval cathedral, and bone chapel — without arranging your own transport or buying tickets separately. The fixed itinerary means you see the historic center and taste local wine all in one day, returning to Lisbon by evening.