Elvas is located in the district of Portalegre, 20km from the border with Spain. The guests house is located in the historic center.

In a 400m radius you will find mini-markets, coffee places and pastries, clothing stores, pet store, hairdressers, florists, restaurants, pharmacies, banks and more traditional commerce.

There are two car parks nearby so will always have where to park your vehicle. The hourly rate is 0.40 € and applies from 8 am to 19h on working days, on Saturdays from 8 am to 13h and is free on holidays and Sundays.

Since the Pre-History that the area of the Municipality of Elvas is inhabited and as proof we have many megalithic dolmens and other monuments that decorate the bucolic scenery of Alentejo lands.

The hill where the city sits, began to be occupied in the Iron Age when they start to concern on defence and towns are moving to summits, with more difficult access and with good visibility.

The city began to grow from the point of the current castle by hand from Celtic tribes, and in the centuries I and II a.c. occupied by the Romans which significantly expanded the village. The Goths were following the capture Elvas, followed by the Moors in 714, the Moors who built the first ring of walls around the houses and after a substantial increase in the population and under imminent threat Christian also the second, both still present in various points of the city.

The city gained strategic importance to the proximity of Badajoz also Moorish by that time until D. Afonso Afonso Henriques in 1166 in its powerful offensive takes possession of Elvas and then in 1168 of Badajoz. However were dark times of instability with consecutive changes of power until 1228, when D. Sancho II finally won Elvas.

At present Elvas is a city in constant growth. It is a young and dynamic city with good conditions for the sport and has an respected cultural offer, with several museums, cinema, theatre, coliseum with a fascinating agenda, among other regular events.

This city of Extremadura of about 150,000 inhabitants torn by Guadiana, is another point of interest to visit in you stay in Elvas. Many are the attractions of this commercial city with large and specialized shopping. It is a modern city which its historical background similar is not so evident as in Elvas.

This town, the county seat, crowned with a beautiful castle and well near the dam of Caia, is famous for the festival of Flores where many arteries of the city are decorated with handmade paper flowers by the population that drops all his commitment and dedication to this party and where the final result is, at least, impressive.