Country Archive
Low-key Leiria
Date: 08/07/2007If you’re enticed by the idea of a no-nonsense Portugal—and don’t need to be beside the sea—take a look at Leiria, not far from the central coast.
See More [+]Figueira da Foz: Too much development?
Date: 07/03/2007Figueira da Foz is one of the largest resorts on Portugal’s Atlantic coast. Stretching north toward the fishing village of Buarcos (now more a resort suburb than a village), Figueira’s fine golden sands are vast.
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Alas, Poor Obidos
Date: 07/03/2007As some readers are aware, I’m not exactly convent material. Trudging up the endless stairs, I’m thankful the whitewashed building has proper rooms instead of Spartan cells.
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The undiscovered treasures of Central Portugal's Silver Coast
Date: 07/01/2007
Why it gets ignored is puzzling. Hemming a rugged coastline of cliffs, coves, and whitewashed windmills, the Atlantic beaches of the Beira and Estremadura provinces resemble broad golden ribbons.
See More [+]Portugal's Silver Coast: Sardines and skullduggery in Nazare
Date: 06/19/2007Clad in thick woolen socks, head-scarves, bunched skirts, and pinafores, more than a few old ladies in Nazare seem determined to keep some of their traditional ways intact.
See More [+]The Revenge of Dom Pedro
Date: 06/06/2007This was where Portugal's most tragic romance came to an end.
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