In Valencia de Alcántara, every August, we’re donning our brocades to remind you that here, In 1497, the Infanta Isabella — the eldest daughter of the Catholic Monarchs — married Manuel I of Portugal, known as ‘the Fortunate’. Yes, a truly regal wedding: with a narrative of power, lineage and geopolitics from a bygone era, when a «I do» would redraw the map of Europe.

Picture this: the Gothic Quarter transformed into a medieval hive of activity. Among the Craft market and the Tapas Trail, you’ll feel more like a monarch than “Afortunado” himself, if only because the food is so good in this part of the Tajo Internacional Transboundary Biosphere Reserve.