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• The Best Fish in the World Comes from Portugal

  

  The abundance and high quality of the fish caught in Portuguese waters are directly correlated to the existence of favorable conditions of temperature, light,... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2016 FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• BioRia in Centro De Portugal

  

  The BioRia, the lagoons and wetlands, waterways and canals, marshes, meadows and salt flats, which border the Centro de Portugal city of Aveiro, forms a rich... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2016 FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Aveiro in Centro De Portugal

  

  Situated close to the very northern border of the Centro de Portugal region, Aveiro is a surprise to the traveller who thinks they’ve seen and experienced all o... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2016 TRAVEL

• Maritime Museum of Ilhavo

  

  Everywhere you go in Portugal you will encounter the national dish of ‘bacalhau‘ (dried and salted codfish) in some guise or form. Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2016 FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Vista Alegre

  

  In 1824, just outside the town of Ilhavo on the outskirts of Aveiro city, and in close proximity to the Ria de Aveiro lagoons, an entrepreneur and industrial... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2016 FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Aveiro Ovos Moles

  

  It is quite possible that you could spend your entire lifetime eating your way through foodstuffs named because of certain geographic locations and their... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2016 FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Tomar in Centro De Portugal

  

  The first thing you pass on your journey to the Templar city of Tomár, 60 kilometres east of Batalha, is the impressively arched stonework of an aqueduct... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2016 FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Alcobaça Monastery in Centro De Portugal

  

  If you plan to visit the magnificent Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaça give yourself plenty of time – a place of such national and international historic... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2016 FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Batalha Monastery in Centro De Portugal

  

  30 kilometres to the north of Alcobaça, Joaquim Ruivo – the director of the Monastery of Saint Mary of the Victory in the town of Batalha – Mosteiro de Santa... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2016 FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Obidos in Centro De Portugal

  

  On first sighting, the town of Óbidos comes as another of those Centro de Portugal classics; a fortified castle sitting atop a rocky hillside, its long... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2016 FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Nazare in Centro De Portugal

  

  Just outside the pretty seaside town of Nazare in Centro de Portugal, 90 minutes north of Lisbon, surfer Garrett McNamara released the tow rope of the jet ski... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2016 FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• AdegaMae Winery

  

  Just inside the reception area of the winery, AdegaMae, not far from the Centro de Portugal town of Torres Vedras, and within 45 minutes of the capital,... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2016 FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Berlengas Islands in Centro De Portugal

  

  The Berlengas Islands in Centro de Portugal are a group of craggy rocks jutting precariously from the Atlantic Ocean, 12 kilometres from Peniche – is... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2016 FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Peniche in Centro De Portugal

  

  At the seaside town of Peniche in Centro de Portugal, fishing boats own the seas and seagulls own the skies. As the fishing trawler, ‘Princesa de Sesimbra’... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2016 FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Areias Do Seixo Hotel

  

  The first thing to caress your senses as you step from your vehicle is the heady cocktail of sea and pine, balanced finely on the breeze in the very south of th... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2016 FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Oeste in Centro De Portugal

  

  , with its long golden coastline, its centres of profound historic importance, its enticing backstreet restaurants and its enormous religious importance has man... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2016 FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Best Beaches in Central Algarve

  

  A short guide to the Best Beaches in Central Algarve, some of Europe’s finest, where the water is clear, the sea is safe and golden fine sand. Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2016 TRAVEL

• Casas Do Côro in Centro De Portugal

  

  Despite the isolation of Marialva, Casas do Côro is a project, imagined and undertaken by the dynamic husband and wife team of Cármen and Paulo Romão, focused... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2016 FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Côa Valley in Centro De Portugal

  

  Not far from the town of Vila Nova de Foz Côa the Museu do Côa (Côa Museum) is one of those modernist, monolithic buildings which architects swoon over in... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2016 FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Dão Wines

  

  It is the geography of the Beira Alta, and the Dão Valley in particular, which have made its wines so greatly appreciated. The vineyards of the Dão Valley are... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2016 FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL