Features Archives - Portugal Travel Guide https://portugaltravelguide.com/pot-pourri/ Discover Portugal Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:30:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://portugaltravelguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ptg-logo-small-crop.webp Features Archives - Portugal Travel Guide https://portugaltravelguide.com/pot-pourri/ 32 32 Where to Go in Portugal https://portugaltravelguide.com/where-to-go/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:10:00 +0000 https://portugaltravelguide.com/2019/08/02/visit-portugal/ Roughly rectangular in shape and with a population of around ten million people, Portugal has much to offer the modern visitor – young and old alike. It’s a land of fine wine, fairy-tale castles and palaces and long sandy beaches … Read more

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]]> Lisbon’s Love of Trams https://portugaltravelguide.com/trams-lisbon/ Sat, 02 Aug 2025 12:45:00 +0000 https://portugaltravelguide.com/2019/08/02/trams-lisbon/ To get close to Lisbon and its residents there’s nothing better than a nostalgic roller-coaster ride in an elétrico, one of the capital’s old streetcars, which are constantly rumbling through the city’s narrow streets passing old, weather-beaten façades in one of Europe’s most dignified … Read more

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]]> Prehistoric Portugal https://portugaltravelguide.com/prehistoric-portugal/ Sun, 27 Jul 2025 12:41:12 +0000 https://portugaltravelguide.com/?p=7464 Built before the dawn of recorded history, Portugal’s many prehistoric monuments bear silent witness to the country’s long and chequered history. There’s evidence of human life in Portugal some 30,000 years ago, beginning at a time when ice covered much … Read more

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]]> The Taste of Summer https://portugaltravelguide.com/sardines/ Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:24:09 +0000 https://portugaltravelguide.com/?p=2940 Like chestnuts being roasted in the streets of Portugal during winter, the sight of sardines sizzling on a charcoal grill throughout the hot summer months is always a feast for visitors’ eyes. In the capital, Lisbon, this shiny, ubiquitous and … Read more

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