Evora is east of Lisbon.
There are two
Camino de Santiago routes in the south of Portugal: the Caminho Central (
discussion thread with info here) and the Caminho Nascente (
discussion thread with info here). The Central starts in Faro and ends in Santarém, taking you close to Lisbon, while the Nascente starts further east in Tavira but does go through Evora. The
official site for both routes has a free downloadable guide for the stages of both caminos in the Alentejo, which is most of them.
A third option, while not a
Camino de Santiago, is the Rota Vicentina, which has both an interior and a coastal route. The
official site has all the info you need.
For the Caminho Nascente, this is my suggestion for one week:
Day 1: Beja to Cuba (~18km)
Day 2: Cuba to Alvito (~15km)
Day 3: Alvito to Viana do Alentejo (~12km)
Day 4: Viana do Alentejo to Évora (~36km - there was no way to break this up in 2021)
Day 5: Évora to São Miguel de Machede (~23km)
Day 6: São Miguel de Machede to Evoramonte (~25km)
Day 7: Evoramonte to Estremoz (~24km)
In my view this stretch contains the best the Alentejo has to offer - historically, culturally and scenically. Évora is well known and has a lot of attractions, and additionally Beja, Alvito, Viana do Alentejo, Evoramonte and Estremoz all have medieval castles. Cuba has an unusual local wine variety and is the centre of an alternative theory about the origin of Christopher Columbus (with an interpretation centre explaining this), while Estremoz has a fantastic new Portuguese tile (azulejo) museum. I also think the scenery around Evoramonte is the most beautiful on the camino in the Alentejo. Finally, there are two magical places to stay: the castle-pousada in Alvito and an expat-run hotel inside the outer castle in Evoramonte called ‘The Place’.