I visited Miróbriga in November 2010 - It is situated 15 minutes drive north east of Sines, about 10 kilometres inland from the west coast and just a kilometre east of Santiago do Cacem. It was built in the 1st century AD on the site of an Iron Age settlement and was occupied by Romans until the 4th century. Whilst it is not a large town it was considered important enough to have a hippodrome for chariot racing which is some distance away from the part that has been so far excavated. This actually suggests that there is more that could be excavated when time and finance permit. Looking at Miróbriga on Google Earth the outline of buildings that have not yet been exposed can clearly be seen.

The baths are very well preserved with a stream running through them that would have been the original supply of fresh water over which a little down stream from the baths there is a Roman bridge. There is a Forum with a temple that was dedicated to the worship of Roman Emperors with another temple dedicated to the goddess Venus. All this you will see from the photographs that I took in the slide show to the right.

The roads round the town which are made of large laid flagstones are in the most remarkably good condition and are lined with Cypress Trees which gives the town a very Roman ambience.