 An agricultural city which does not offer much in the way of architecture and culture.
Its mainstay are cork and olive. Tourism here is slowly becoming important and so the refreshing lack of tourists and the reasonable prices of services make it an attractive stayover.
Just so you know:
The proximity to Portugal is most evident in the border towns specially Olivenza where the facades giving onto the Plaza Mayor are decorated in the Portuguese Manueline style and befitting to age-old protection needs there are remnants of numerous forts.
Towards the border with Andalucia, the town of Zafra boasts one of Spain’s most beautiful paradors, Alcázar de los Duques de Feria remarkable for its white marble Renaissance patio designed by Juan de Herrera. Very close by you’ll find the Plaza Mayor with its whitewashed arcades, it actually consists of 2 plazas; the 18th Century Plaza Grande and the quaint 16th Century Plaza Chica. |
