A century ago, the Serra da Estrela mountains were Portugal’s answer to the Swiss health resorts of St Moritz and Davos. Now, a historic sanatorium has been given a 21st-century makeover and is drawin ...
“This place was sculpted by ice,” said my hiking guide Rodrigo Marques, as he gestured towards granite ridges that receded into the distance like a dark, choppy Atlantic ocean. “These deep u-shaped ...
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In Portugal, this charming mountain village has only one resident – yet it is absolutely worth a visit
Perched in the mountains of the Serra da Lousã, Talasnal captivates travellers. This slate-built village, now almost abandoned, is home to just one permanent resident – a discreet guardian of Portugal ...
Portugal is getting ready for another round of severe weather as Storm Leonardo heads in. People should expect heavy rain, strong gusty winds, snow in the mountains, and very rough seas. This is the ...
Late in 1904, grief-stricken Tomàs travels from Lisbon to the High Mountains of Portugal, only to remark upon his arrival: "There are no mountains in the High Mountains of Portugal." In a novel by ...
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