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Discovering Portugal

11 Apr 202111 Apr 2021

Roughly rectangular in shape and with a population of around ten million people, Portugal has much to offer the modern visitor – young and old alike.

Sardines - Portugal
Food & Wine

The Taste of Summer

11 Apr 202111 Apr 2021

Like chestnuts being roasted in the streets of Portugal during winter, the sight of sardines sizzling on a charcoal grill throughout the hot summer months is always a feast for […]

Folk dancing - Portugal
Central Portugal Lisbon Region Northern Portugal Southern Portugal

All the Fun of the Fair

26 Mar 202128 Mar 2021

Portugal is a land of pageants, processions, lively country fairs and other joyful folklore-based festivities where tourists who happen upon them by accident can expect the unexpected.

King Manuel I - Portugal
Features

Manuel the Fortunate

21 Mar 202121 Mar 2021

A man of rare taste and exceptional vision, good King Manuel I of Portugal ruled over the Portuguese Empire during the halcyon days of his country’s great Age of Discovery.



Chameleon - Portugal
Features Southern Portugal

Wild Chameleons in Portugal

14 Mar 202114 Mar 2021

One of Portugal’s most precious creatures is the remarkable Mediterranean chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) which inhabits the coastal areas of the country’s sun-drenched southern shoreline.

Portalegre - Portugal
Southern Portugal

The City of Portalegre

13 Mar 202114 Mar 2021

Perched in the foothills of the São Mamede mountains, Portalegre is a delightful 17th-century city of lovely old houses with wrought-iron grilles and balconies nestling in the north-eastern corner of […]

Vila de Rei - Central Portugal
Central Portugal

The Town of Vila de Rei

12 Mar 202112 Mar 2021

Located 30km north of Abrantes, the small town of Vila de Rei (which means King’s Town) is a pretty place set in a wonderland of pinewoods, lakes, running streams and […]

They Went to Portugal by Rose Macaulay
Features

They Went to Portugal

27 Feb 202114 Mar 2021

One of the best travel books about Portugal was written by the English author Rose Macaulay just after World War II.


Scuba Diving Azores
Azores

Scuba Diving in the Azores

21 Feb 202121 Feb 2021

Surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and nestling between two continents, the Azores is one of the world’s premier scuba diving destinations.



Alte, Southern Portugal
Southern Portugal

The Village of Alte

20 Feb 202120 Feb 2021

Visitors in search of the real Algarve need look no further than Alte, a pretty village tucked away in the hills north-west of Loulé.

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