Travel Place : Fajã dos Padre, a Glimpse of Paradise
Let’s get to know this Fajã dos Padre place. Named after the Jesuit priests who founded the vineyard in 1595, Fajã dos Padres has been in the Jardim Fernandes family for Continue Reading
There’s more to the costa than golf and resorts – Authentic Algarve
The empty dirt path stretched towards it, through wild mallow flowers and nodding daisies. To the right, there was a small, empty beach, with a few rowing boats pulled up Continue Reading
Madeira’s pulse quickens with glamping and extreme sports
I’d landed in Madeira just a couple of hours earlier, and I was already doing my first tandem paraglide flight. This whirlwind adventure set the tone for the week ahead. Continue Reading
The best hotels for under £100 a night in Portugal
Here you sleep under glorious brick cathedral vaulted roofs and stroll the few minutes down to Rossio, one of the city’s main squares. Breakfast is delivered each morning; there’s Continue Reading
Readers’ travel tips – The best of Lisbon
The ferry to Cacilhas For just €2.75, take the ferry from Lisbon’s Cais do Sodré railway station across the Tagus river, to the town of Cacilhas. It’s a quick ride, Continue Reading
Send us a Lisbon tip for the chance to win a £200 travel voucher
What have you enjoyed about Lisbon? Its high hills or tiny alleyways, cafes, shops or galleries … We’re looking for your highlights beyond the obvious guide book sights. Send us Continue Reading
A wine tour of the Douro – Ports of call
For 900km, from central Spain to Atlantic Porto, she pushes and runs, fat, green, inexorable. The Douro region is about the size of Suffolk but, unlike East Anglia, has barely Continue Reading