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If you have at least five days or even a week in Portugal, you might like to skip south and explore two regions – the capital, Lisbon, and Lagos on the sunny Algarve coast. While you…
My favourite way to get to know a place is through its food, and there’s no better place to start than at the source – the local fresh produce markets. Every town and city in Portugal…
When most people think of the Algarve, Portugal’s southern coast, they dream of the striking orange cliffs, all-inclusive golf resorts and burnt British tourists. While the dramatic golden landscape is gorgeous in the west, I prefer to…
Portugal’s southern Algarve coast is well known for its stunning beaches and holiday resorts, but the 155km stretch also boasts plenty of unique local dishes and produces some of the country’s best seafood, oranges, figs and…
Look, I’m not much of a rule breaker but I had to very sneakily snap these #tileoftheday photos after the old lady in charge told me “no photos” I’m sorry but in a space as beautiful…
Whitewashed houses with little chimneys and colourful doors, the shrill of seagulls and shouts of fish vendors, the smell of sunscreen and grilling sardines. To me, spending at least a few hot days in the Algarve…