Top 5 Things to Visit in Arraiolos
Alentejo
Five reasons this small Alentejo village built around hand-stitched rugs is worth the detour.
Arraiolos is a small whitewashed village a half-hour north of Évora, famous since the 16th century for its hand-stitched wool rugs. The village has the unusual round castle of Arraiolos at the top of the hill, and almost every street has a workshop where the rugs are still produced by hand.