Por Caminhos do Contrabando

This route consists of two stages (Stages I and II).
Both stages begin at Largo do Posto, next to the Guard Post, in the center of the village of Montejuntos. In Stage I, we follow Rua D. Rosalina T. Correia and walk 120 m to the southeast...
The Guadiana River also marks the border with Spain. The border between two countries has never separated the two peoples. The people of the border region share the same customs on both sides of the river, in the Alentejo border region and the Extremadura border region. Relations have always been close between Montejuntos and the first Spanish village ... Cheles.
Stage I takes us toward the Guadiana River—now called the Alqueva—in the direction of Cheles, as if we were heading to the festivities.
The two stages give us a sense of the relationship with the river, the relationship with the neighboring villages, and the countless paths that smugglers might have used.
In addition to the human-shaped landscape of the village outskirts, we also observe abundant nature, countless species of birds, hares (Lepus granatensis), and rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)—and, with luck, an elusive fox (Vulpes vulpes) or barbel (Barbus barbus) spawning in the gravel along the banks of the Guadiana.