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Algarve Surf Camps for Beginners: Where to Learn Without Getting HurtNature, Outdoors & Sports

Algarve Surf Camps for Beginners: Where to Learn Without Getting Hurt

The Algarve teaches surfing well because it has two coasts. When the west is too big, the camps drive you south to knee high water and a good day.

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Portugal's Thermal Spa Towns in Winter: Hot Water, Empty StreetsWellness & Health

Portugal's Thermal Spa Towns in Winter: Hot Water, Empty Streets

Steam over stone, water that leaves the ground at 70 degrees, and half-price rooms. Winter is when Portugal's termas make the most sense.

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The Azores' Hidden Lagoons You've Never Heard OfHidden Gems

The Azores' Hidden Lagoons You've Never Heard Of

Forget Sete Cidades for a moment. These volcanic crater lakes feel as if no one has been there in a hundred years.

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Alentejo Slow Food: Bread, Pork, and a Liturgy of Olive OilFood

Alentejo Slow Food: Bread, Pork, and a Liturgy of Olive Oil

In Portugal's golden plains, every meal is a three hour conversation with the land.

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Madeira's Levada Walks: Hiking Beside the WaterNature

Madeira's Levada Walks: Hiking Beside the Water

Centuries old irrigation channels now double as the world's most photogenic trail network.

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Alentejo's Cork Country: A Slow Farm StayRural Tourism

Alentejo's Cork Country: A Slow Farm Stay

Sleep in a whitewashed herdade, walk among centenary cork oaks, and learn why Portugal still produces half the world's cork.

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Serra da Estrela: Portugal's Highest Mountain in WinterNatural Landscapes

Serra da Estrela: Portugal's Highest Mountain in Winter

Wool blankets, stone shepherd huts and the smell of woodsmoke at 1,993 metres, yes, Portugal has real winter.

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Portugal's Schist Villages: 27 Stone Hamlets in the HillsRural Tourism

Portugal's Schist Villages: 27 Stone Hamlets in the Hills

A network of 27 villages built entirely of dark schist stone, lovingly restored, hidden in the forested hills of central Portugal.

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Rota Vicentina: Walking Portugal's Wildest CoastNatural Landscapes

Rota Vicentina: Walking Portugal's Wildest Coast

750 kilometres of marked trails along the Atlantic, between fishing villages, storks nesting on sea cliffs and beaches no road reaches.

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Portugal for Digital Nomads: Visa, Cost of Living and Where to LandLive in Portugal

Portugal for Digital Nomads: Visa, Cost of Living and Where to Land

Fast fibre, a dedicated D8 visa, 300 sunny days a year, and rents still well below Berlin or Barcelona.

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Retiring in Portugal: The Mild Coast Europeans Keep ChoosingLive in Portugal

Retiring in Portugal: The Mild Coast Europeans Keep Choosing

Mild winters, top-tier healthcare, a strong euro pension stretch, and one of the safest countries in the world.

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