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Algarve Uncovered | Solange Hando | Portugal, Algarve, Algarve
Long ago in the Algarve, says the legend, a Nordic princess pined for her frozen homeland until her husband, the King of the Moors, planted thousands of almond trees
An Alentejano Vineyard | Justine Hardy | Portugal, Alentejo, Alentejo
'You have to remember that this is a very local winery. The people come with their flagons and fill up straight from the barrels. This is an important part of the life of Mouchão.' And away the villagers and the estate workers go with the red froth on the new wine still bubbling in the necks of their flagons
Fashionable Lisbon | Maxine Jones | Portugal, Lisbon, Lisbon
Architecturally the city is a mixture of medieval Moorish and elegant 18th century. Everything is tinted with sepia charm
Five Things to do in Lisbon | Philip Marsden | Portugal, Lisbon, Lisbon
Lisbon is a city to wander in. With its compact centre, its fresh Atlantic air, (and) its tumbling cobbled streets, it offers a host of incidental pleasures…
Levada do Furado | Christopher Somerville | Portugal, Madeira, Madeira
Most visitors to Madeira end up on a levada walk, sooner or later. Everywhere you go in this outstandingly beautiful Atlantic island you hear of the levadas, ingenious man-made watercourses that writhe like snakes along the green hillsides. People tell you of their beauty, of the enormous extent of them - nearly 1400 miles in all, in an island less than 40 miles long. And you learn all about the head for heights that you need if you are going to tackle one of the narrow maintenance paths that follows the tortuous windings of a levada
Madeira | Daniel Scott | Portugal, Madeira, Madeira
Like a migrating bird I have flown south and have landed in Madeira
Surfing the Golden Triangle | Mark Eveleigh | Portugal, Algarve, Ericeira
Around the northern fishing villages of Ericeira and Peniche there are countless reefs and beach-breaks and spots like Supertubes and Coxos have earned a near-legendary place in European surf-lore