A walk through Portugal
- Written by Bruno Filipe Pires, Algarve 123
In February 2008, journalist Nuno Ferreira, 49, began a long slow walk through land known as “deep Portugal”. Throughout the journey that took him almost three years he was (mis)taken for a vagrant, smuggler or someone on a weird religious pilgrimage. His route began here in the Algarve – in Sagres to be exact – and took him up to the Minho region along paths through an abandoned, forgotten countryside.
A hidden gem in the Algarve
- Written by Robert M Lidster
Hidden away in the heart of the western Algarve is the wine and art estate of Quinta dos Vales. Essentially a wine producer of award winning wines, it is also home to some spectacular artwork in the form of large, colourful sculptures which are displayed throughout the estate.
A22 motorway tolls, madness in the making
- Written by Paul Rees
Amid depression and anger road users are still trying to get to grips with the Government's planned introduction of road tolls on many of Portugal's formerly free motorways.The April introduction of the toll system was postponed due to the resignation of the Socrates Government
Macau
- Written by David Williams
The Kowloon China Ferry Terminal is more like a cross between an office block and an airport than a ferry terminal. The entry off Canton Road gives no clue that water is anywhere near. The entrance hall is empty except for a bank of lifts. One floor up, in a small shopping mall, a ticket office hides in an unobtrusive corner.
Tunisia? The Algarve is safer
- Written by Len Port
The mass evacuation of tourists from Tunisia has been a timely reminder that Portugal in general, and the Algarve in particular, is a far safer place for holidaymakers than many competing destinations in North Africa and elsewhere.
Discovering the Alentejo
- Written by Jerrie Dunne
The Tagus River flows lazily westward from Spain across Portugal before reaching the Atlantic Ocean in Lisbon. This line of water provides the demarcation point between northern Portugal, the rural Alentejo region which constitutes a third of the country, and the Algarve in the south.
