Villa Romana de Pisões — Attraction in Beja

Villa Romana de Pisões

Type: historical ruins Time spent: 20 min Price: changeable Car Parking: available, free, 3-4 max

1/It is extremely hard to get there. In case of a car - N18 [3 km] + off roads [almost 3 km], in case of a bike - Beja - City Park - Beach Cinco Reis - Ruins. Most of the road is a path in the field. If you like your car, think about it.

2/I was told to pay 3 EUR after a few minutes paid 6. Also, no one gave me a ticket.

In Troia [Portugal], the price is 5 EUR, in Vilamoura and Estoi - 2 or 3, in Evora - free. So, you can visit them as well and compare.

3/Even as for ruins they are in bad condition. After the rainy week, they are flooded. And take into consideration, that they are small. The pictures from the ads are just taken from a...

I tried to choose some photos that were a little different from those others.

If you find your self on a gravel road surrounded by olive trees or corn you're in the right place!

The site is on a big piece of land with a house attached. It seems to draw in few visitors but I admit I was there rather early in the day go complete my trip to the Algarve.

The mosaics are in tact for the most part and I did what I enjoy most which was to walk the house and get a feel of the layout and placement of the structure. The bath complex was also quite nice and I'd not seem a hypocaust system so we'll in tact that I could crawl in and see the parts and bits of the structure below.

I stayed a short while but it was well worth...

This place is amazing. Don't miss it. Essentially a farmer stumbled onto these ruins while doing their job since then a bunch of excavation has been done. This is the ruins of an ancient Roman house and their private baths. They had a furnace that heated water and transferred it into a pool. They also had a large cool pool too. You can see all of this and more for an entry fee of 3 euros. There are even colorful mosaics still visible throughout the property (some are more than 2000 years old). The visitor's center is also nice and staffed with a...