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Due to its many complexities, the Portuguese don’t really expect visitors to speak their language very well but are very engaging and fully appreciative when someone tries. And there’s nothing more […]
Portuguese cuisine is varied and distinctive with many popular dishes having evolved from age-old regional varieties made with local ingredients. Bacalhau is a mainstay, especially during the festive season and other big occasions, often preceded by a bowl of piping-hot home-made caldo verde soup. Frequently egg-based, Portuguese desserts are to die for with many based on secret recipes invented by nuns hundreds of years ago.
Due to its many complexities, the Portuguese don’t really expect visitors to speak their language very well but are very engaging and fully appreciative when someone tries. And there’s nothing more […]
Nestling between the Minho in the north and the Beiras of central Portugal, the Douro region is one of the most scenic parts of the country and a magnet for […]
Portugal is a land that has a very generous supply of different types of spring and mineral water – from north to south and east to west – each blessed […]
Encompassing most of the country south of the River Tagus, the Alentejo is a vast, slightly remote wine region notable for its firm, generously fruity reds and characterful whites.