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Portugal Tour – A Regional Tour of Portugal

August 3, 2009 By Helen Page 1 Comment

Tour Route of Portugal

Portugal Tour – Our Portugal Tour Route, Itinerary and Comments: This is the itinerary of our 10-day Portugal tour which is called ‘A Regional Tour of Portugal’. Our tour route goes in an anti-clockwise direction, starting in Lisbon and heading down south to the Algarve and then head ups up north along the eastern border.  […]

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Lisbon | Events and Festivals

May 16, 2009 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Lisbon’s month of celebrations: June is Festas de Lisboa and during this month of festivities there will be street entertainment, cinema, music and theatre, parades and folk festivities happening throughout the historic districts and all around town. If you like Fado music, there’s a Fado festival with the best names in town performing.  If you […]

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Shopping in Portugal – Portugal Holidays

March 22, 2009 By Helen Page 1 Comment

Shopping in Portugal needn’t break your bank! Portugal is a country where handicraft is very much alive and here you’ll be able to buy souvenirs that are practical, rather than ones that collect dust on your mantelpiece.  Traditional craftwork such as lace, rugs, ceramics, copperware, wicker, pottery, hand-knitted clothing, ceramics and copper dishes and intricate […]

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Tour Routes in Portugal

March 20, 2009 By Helen Page 1 Comment

Monument to the Discoveries (Padrao dos Descobrimentos)

Suggested Tour Routes to see the best destinations in Portugal Portugal is quite compact and easy to travel around. However, most widely sold tour offerings combine it with Spain, and a few even add Morocco. This means you get to see Fatima, Lisbon and not much else. But there are some “purely Portugal” tours available […]

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