get in touch if you decide to go there and I'll give you tips for accom, etc it would also be a shame if our paths coincided unaware, as it often happens
remember I was there in december/january so the tourist season was not in full swing! but the alentejo is not the algarve so no fear; still, I personally prefer the winter season and this one has been exceptionally wet - everywhere I go my feet splash on water and I'm raving mad in blissful mode!