Jayme Simoes, a consultant and expert on Portugal, has often spent pleasurable time in that country’s southern region of Alentejo. I interviewed him on my travel podcast (see below) and earlier wrote ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. caption TKJeanine Barone I love Portugal, and have visited cities and small villages all over the country. I believe the Alentejo ...

THE last time I set foot on Portuguese soil, I was two years old. With my memory of the country, understandably, non-existent ...

After a long flight the hour and a half car ride from the Lisbon airport to Alentejo would provide a much-needed nap, but as I lazily began surveying the landscape of this unfamiliar place out the ...

Have you heard that Beyoncé has bought a cottage in Shropshire? No? That may be because it’s not true. But the story is only slightly less likely than one that is: Madonna has a farm in the Alentejo ...

One of the trends expected to flourish in post-pandemic Europe is nature-focused travel, and it's easy to see why. Even when we can, not everyone will be comfortable jostling among other tourists in ...

View of Evoramonte from The Place at Evoramonte. Photo Credit: Leandra Benjamin, courtesy of Visit Alentejo What might travel be like during the recovery period once Covid-19 is under control? Thanks ...

In these environment-conscious times the opening of a new airport is not normally cause for celebration. But I think the world will forgive tiny Beja airport for putting up the bunting and letting the ...

Portugal is in the worst drought it has faced in more than 1,200 years. This year in Portugal’s Alentejo, considered one of the wine regions most vulnerable to climate due to its baseline hot and dry ...

Portugal’s probably best known for Port when it comes to wine from this wonderful country wedged along the Atlantic Ocean. But there’s more than just delicious, fortified dessert wine from Portugal’s ...

What have they done with all the leftover cork now that most wine bottles have screw tops? They have built the world's first cork hotel. When you arrive at the Tivoli Evora Eco-Resort in the Alentejo ...

It is known as its country’s “breadbasket” and could even be called “cork central,” but Alentejo is also the largest wine region in Portugal. We are talking about a huge area here — roughly one-third ...