Articles
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Cake and Cookies, The Sublime and the Unusual
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Lisbon: Famous Hotel Restaurants
If you’re a budget conscious traveler who still wants to live the good life, why go to an expensive city and then pinch pennies on the things that matter to you? Lisbon is one of Europe’s least expensive cities, and the cuisine has never been better. For my money, Portugal’s cuisine is every bit as compelling as Italy’s…
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National Gastronomic Festival - Santarém
Santarém hosts an annual National Gastronomic Festival at the end of October into November.
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Mountain Biking Portugal
If you’re a real mountain biker ready to take on some big challenges, you might want to plan for next year’s 9th Transportugal® Garmin race or just bring your bike to the schist villages in the Centro region of Porgual.
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Pig Pilgrimage: Mealhada, Portugal
Iberia is definitely the place for eating pig. If you’ve never stuck a fork into a slab of Pata Negra—black footed pig—simply grilled over a wood fire, you haven’t lived.
But then there’s suckling pig roasted in a wood oven…
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New Algarve Walking Trail - Via Algarviana
The Via Algarviana is a 240 km long foot path running east-west between Alcoutim on the Spanish border to Cape Saint Vincent on the west coast.
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The Delights of the Douro Valley
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Lisbon and Fado
Fado. You can’t understand Portuguese culture or decipher the messages inherent in the tangle of streets in the Alfama until you see, hear, and at least partially understand fado.
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The Algarve as a Wine Region
You don’t often think of a place full of sun and sand the ideal place for wine, but there’s a good article in ViniPortugal about the wines of the Algarve…
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Blue Flag River Beaches in Portugal
