Explore Portugal from its lovely coast, dotted with quaint villages, to the inland hills with their splendid fortified towns. Rich in history, Portugal is a beautiful country and considered one of Europe’s ideal travel values. Its seafaring culture reaches back to when Vasco da Gama and Bartholomew Dias set off to discover the New World. Mighty castles, spectacular fortresses, beautiful mansion and elaborate cathedrals remainThis day as reminders of this period of great wealth and prominence. Experience the graciousness, hospitality, kindness and welcome of a people who once ruled the world. 7 Regional Countryside Driving Itineraries, Descriptions of over 100 Places to Stay

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Explore Portugal from its lovely coast, dotted with quaint villages, to the inland hills with their splendid fortified towns. Rich in history, Portugal is a beautiful country and considered one of Europe’s ideal travel values. Its seafaring culture reaches back to when Vasco da Gama and Bartholomew Dias set off to discover the New World. Mighty castles, spectacular fortresses, beautiful mansion and elaborate cathedrals remainThis day as reminders of this period of great wealth and prominence. Experience the graciousness, hospitality, kindness and welcome of a people who once ruled the world. 7 Regional Countryside Driving Itineraries, Descriptions of over 100 Places to Stay

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Portugal has a centuries-old history and great variations in landscape and character. This book has a terrific selection of wonderful places to stay. We include an excellent selection on delightfulTiny hotels and feature lovely turismo de habitacao and turismo rural where the Portuguese have opened up their homes, many of which have been in the same family for many generations.

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Explore Portugal from its lovely coast, dotted with quaint villages, to the inland hills with their splendid fortified towns. Rich in history, Portugal is a beautiful country and considered one of Europe’s ideal travel values. Its seafaring culture reaches back to when Vasco da Gama and Bartholomew Dias set off to discover the New World. Mighty castles, spectacular fortresses, beautiful mansion and elaborate cathedrals remainThis day as reminders of this period of great wealth and prominence. Experience the graciousness, hospitality, kindness and welcome of a people who once ruled the world. 7 Regional Countryside Driving Itineraries, Descriptions of over 100 Places to Stay

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Explore Portugal from its lovely coast, dotted with quaint villages, to the inland hills with their splendid fortified towns. Rich in history, Portugal is a beautiful country and considered one of Europe’s ideal travel values. Its seafaring culture reaches back to when Vasco da Gama and Bartholomew Dias set off to discover the New World. Mighty castles, spectacular fortresses, beautiful mansion and elaborate cathedrals remainThis day as reminders of this period of great wealth and prominence. Experience the graciousness, hospitality, kindness and welcome of a people who once ruled the world. 7 Regional Countryside Driving Itineraries, Descriptions of over 100 Places to Stay

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Explore Portugal from its lovely coast, dotted with quaint villages, to the inland hills with their splendid fortified towns. Rich in history, Portugal is a beautiful country and considered one of Europe’s ideal travel values. Its seafaring culture reaches back to when Vasco da Gama and Bartholomew Dias set off to discover the New World. Mighty castles, spectacular fortresses, beautiful mansion and elaborate cathedrals remainThis day as reminders of this period of great wealth and prominence. Experience the graciousness, hospitality, kindness and welcome of a people who once ruled the world. 7 Regional Countryside Driving Itineraries, Descriptions of over 100 Places to Stay

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The ideal of Portugal is here–from the splendidly old-fashioned to the exotically modern: the luxury of a palace in Lisbon, a rustic farmhouse in the Alentejo, or a west coast fortress engulfed by crashing waves. Sip coffee with your head among the figs, your feet in the cork groves, or your eyes on the ocean. Stay in a Pousada, a funky cottage, an apartment in Lisbon, or a windmill. Each entry has a “tell-it-like-it-is” Sawday write-up.

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Portugal deserves more than a fleeting visit. It once shaped the world and may re-shape you. And there’s so much more to see than the southern strip.Here is the key to Portugal’s loveliest places and friendliest people Sip coffee with your head among the figs, your feet in the cork groves, your eyes on the ocean. Stay in a Pousada, a funky cottage, an apartment in Lisbon, or even a windmill.Every place has been visited, and written about, by us. Each entry has color photographs, regional maps (more…)

Country houses, manor houses, old farms, small town hotels, and coastal villas–as readers will discover, there are not only posadas in Portugal.

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Here is the key to Portugal’s loveliest places and friendliest people. From the Algarve to the Minho, we take you to manor houses, monasteries, old farms, hotels and easy retreats.Take in the people: artists, farmers, wine makers, young and old, formal and informal – and all delightful; walls of granite and marble, tiled, paneled, corniced, ivy-clad, defensive and ancient; houses – yellow, whitewashed, blue, towered, turreted, trim, modest, ravishing, elegant and simple.Carthaginians, Romans, Moors and pirates enjoyed these places. From the enchantingly old-fashioned to the eccentrically modern – the ideal of Portugal is here.Each entry has color photographs, regional maps, precise directions and much, much more.

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Explore Portugal from its lovely coast, dotted with quaint villages, to the inland hills with their splendid fortified towns. Rich in history, Portugal is a beautiful country and considered one of Europe’s ideal travel values. Its seafaring culture reaches back to when Vasco da Gama and Bartholomew Dias set off to discover the New World. Mighty castles, spectacular fortresses, beautiful mansion and elaborate cathedrals remainThis day as reminders of this period of great wealth and prominence. Experience the graciousness, hospitality, kindness and welcome of a people who once ruled the world. 7 Regional Countryside Driving Itineraries, Descriptions of over 100 Places to Stay

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