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When the sun is over the yardarm, pop the cork on a bottle of your favourite wine or champagne and examine that speckled tan bottle stopper. Chances are it came from Portugal. We learned more on a cork factory tour.
How to put a cork in it: not-to-be-missed factory tour Read more
You start up the red staircase with the carved wood handrails, but then it splits and heads off in a different direction, and then splits again. Harry Potter fans might think they’re on the moving staircases at Hogwarts but, in reality, they’re in a stunning bookstore in Porto, Portugal.
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Our zodiac tour boat ventured slowly into a cave, surfing on the powerful waves that have sculpted the stunning cliffs on Portugal’s southern coast, known as the Algarve. Just when I feared we’d crash into the jagged cave walls, the captain skillfully employed the engine to keep us away.
Stunning cliffs and caves are constantly evolving Read more
Imagine a giant rolled dozens of brown dice down a mountainside. In shades of chocolate, cinnamon, rust, sepia, tan, charcoal and ash-grey, the dice came to rest on a ridge, all piled up against each other. That’s what the schist villages of central Portugal look like from afar.
Enchanting Portuguese schist villages take you back in time Read more