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SuggestionsExplore inland Portugal’s towns and citiesGet ready for a fascinating journey through the cities and towns of inland Portugal, where authenticity can be found on every corner and history comes alive in every monument. Read on for ten invitations to explore, discover, and fall even more in (...)
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SuggestionsFado, Music of the WorldA shawl, a guitar, a voice and a lot of feeling. A recognised symbol of Portugal, this simple image can describe Fado, a music of the world that is Portuguese.In its essence, it sings the feeling, the heartbreak, the longing for someone who left, (...)
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SuggestionsFaial, blue, cosmopolitan islandFaial is located in the central group of the Azores archipelago, and is part of the so called "triangle islands", together with São Jorge and the neighbouring Island of Pico, separated by the Faial Channel, a narrow sea inlet about 8 km wide.The (...)
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SuggestionsFamily holidaysPortugal offers excellent opportunities for a family holiday, as it is a small country on the Atlantic coast, ideal for both outdoor and indoor activities.Portugal is about 800km from north to south on the mainland, which is easily travelled, (...)
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SuggestionsFaro - Accessible TourFaro, the main city and capital of the Algarve is also its port of entry for all who arrive by plane since it is only around six kilometres from the international airport. Located near the Ria Formosa and the sea, it is a city worth getting to know (...)
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SuggestionsFátima, a journey to the altar of the worldThe Shrine at Fátima is one of the most important landmarks in the Marian worship, drawing pilgrims from all over the world.The location of the Shrine of Fátima, at Cova da Iria, had until 1917 been an unknown place in the municipality of Ourém, in (...)
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SuggestionsFátima through the eyes of... Fernanda LamelasFernanda Lamelas was the sketcher host of three sketchers from Brazil, Poland and Hong Kong, who attended the celebrations of the Centenary of the Apparitions of Our Lady of Fátima to the three shepherd children. Together they discovered (...)
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SuggestionsFátima through the eyes of... Rob SketchermanDraw Portugal with three other sketchers. Draw just over one million Catholics in a small town, during a visit by the Pope. This was the invitation that Rob Sketcherman accepted with enthusiasm, taking the opportunity to find out a bit more about (...)
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SuggestionsFátima through the eyes of… Eduardo BajzekEduardo Bajzek has been in Portugal twice before. The first time he came with his parents to get to know the birthplace of his grandparents, a village in the municipality of Penalva do Castelo, near Viseu, and he took the chance to travel around the (...)
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SuggestionsFátima through the eyes of… Kasia SzybkaKasia Szybka had never been to Portugal and she had been looking forward to travelling to Portugal, imagining a country of flower-filled meadows, sunshine and long days, of quiet and lots of nature. They said that the Portuguese were very friendly (...)
