Do You Believe in the Miracle of Ourique? Read more and find out about holiday rentals in Ourique at the same time.

At the battle of Ourique a small Christian army is said to have overcome a much larger force of Moors and overcome them, thus giving rise to the Portuguese nation.

The victory was attributed to divine intervention and makes a lovely legend. If you take a holiday rental in Ourique or anywhere nearby you are sure to come across any number of references to this event, some with very dubious historical basis.

Even so, it is interesting, and wouldn't you like to stand on the very spot where God apparently decided that there should be a nation called Portugal?