Top Alentejo Cooking Classes

Fatima, a professional chef, has always been passionate about cuisine and culture and learned to cook the family recipes from a young age, which has been passed down from generation to generation. She enjoys cooking Alentejo cuisine, from the region of Evora where she was born, also food from Algarve, where she lived and worked for 29 years. Fatima also bakes bread, makes traditional pastries and chocolate. She has always enjoyed being a host and looks forward to cooking, sharing stories and meeting new people from around the world. In your cooking class you will cook dishes from Fatima’s mom’s kitchen, the food she grew up eating and it will be prepared using family recipes. • Traditional Portuguese cooking class in Evora with a professional chef • Enjoy a home cooked Portuguese meal and wine pairing in a local home in Evora • Introduction to Portuguese cuisine and culture • 100% private activity • Vegetarian, vegan, lactose and gluten free options available

The Honrado Vineyards Tastha Wine Tastes stand out for offering much more than just a tasting, providing a true journey into the Alentejo wine history. Designed tailor-made, this experience takes place in the immersive atmosphere of the secular Adega-Museu Cella Vinaria Antiqua in Villa de Frades, where visitors can taste craft wines elaborated through the millennial technique of Roman origin. The activity combines the authentic and natural flavor of wine fermented in clay pots with knowledge sharing and rich regional gastronomy, ensuring a deep immersion in the identity, culture and living traditions of this Alentejan heritage.

Eating Portuguese food is one thing, mastering the secrets behind it another—and hard to do without an insider’s know-how to guide you. Get straight to the real source of the country’s cuisine on this hands-on Lisbon class with a local cook. Create an authentic Portuguese meal and enjoy your dishes with wine and your host—giving you more time to glean their culinary tips and local cultural insights.

This workshop activity from Honrado Vineyards distinguishes itself by offering an authentic immersion in the artisanal vinification of Talha Wine. Designed tailor-made, it focuses exclusively on the millennial techniques of Roman heritage and the use of clay pots, taking place in the historic setting of the Adega-Museu Cella Vinaria Antiqua, in Villa de Frades. More than a conventional technical learning, it is an experience of active preservation of the heritage, culture and alive identity of Alentejo.

A unique opportunity to follow the day-to-day work of a goat shepherd and learn how to make cheese! Along the way, listen to your life stories and your knowledge of the region on the most diverse topics. This is a walk that keeps traditions and knowledge! Great walk to relax! At the end, enjoy a picnic with products from the region. In winter you may be around the fire!

Visit Filipa for a taste of the Alentejo region at her family’s country home in the village of Évoramonte, 30 minutes outside of the town of Evora. Filipa’s food highlights seasonal ingredients and local produce. Her goal is to teach travelers the rustic country fare typical of the region, including the many herbs used in its dishes that she grows in her own garden.

Enjoy DE an immersive and interactive experience at the Gatsby Cocktail Bar, where our bartender will create original live cocktails using about 15 ingredients chosen by the public. Participate in the selection of ingredients and follow all the creativity and technique in action. At the end, participants vote for the most tasty and creative cocktail DA night, becoming an active part of this unique and fun experience.

The Honrado Vineyards winemaking experience is distinguished by allowing direct participation in the most authentic and decisive moment of this millennial tradition. Rather than an industrial harvest, the activity focuses on the practical experience of the handicraft methods of Roman heritage, from grape harvesting to its preparation for fermentation in clay pots. Designed tailor-made in Villa de Frades, it offers a real immersion in the work of the field and the cellar, connecting participants to the ancestral knowledge of the Honrado family and the living essence of the Alentejo.

The Honrado Vineyards winemaking event is distinguished by allowing visitors to actively participate in the most crucial and authentic moment of this millennial method. Instead of a modern industrial winemate, the experience focuses on the craft and historical process that precedes the placement of grapes in clay pots. Tailor-made and carried out during the harvest season in Villa de Frades, this activity offers a practical immersion in the culture and ancestral knowledge of the Honrado family. Participants experience the genuine work of the field and the cellar, joining the living tradition and the essence of the Alentejo.