Harry Potter and his Portugal connections

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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Lisbon: unleash your own Age of Discovery

Portugal’s heyday was the so-called Age of Discovery from 1400 to 1600. As we stood craning our necks at the Monument to the Discoveries in the Belem neighbourhood of Lisbon, I was bold enough to consider the similarities with our more humble travels.

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