Ponte da Ajuda — Attraction in Elvas

You can visit the bridge from either side, on the Portuguese side park at the chapel and walk down the hill.On the Spanish side the single track road leads you practically to the bridge, here there is a turning circle. However, when I visited, this area was very dirty, beer bottles, cans, plastic water bottles, toilet paper(used).I do not know how often it is cleaned, there are no rubbish bins or facilities, probably best to visit from the...

A rare remnant of the infrequent conflicts between Portugal and Spain. Architecturally, the bridge is beautiful although slowly collapsing to time. The western side is reclaimed by nature yet the eastern side has had relatively recent work done so it's just flat cement. A beautiful location if but a little bit difficult to get to if...

This bridge was constructed by D. Manuel I to support Olivenca in its frontline location against Spain. It was destroyed, however, during the Spanish Sucession War because Portugal didn't support the Bourbons and had invaded Spain. Now it is a ruin which is quite moving because it represents the missing link between Portugal...