From our guide to Portugal
Hugging the shore of one of the Alentejo's largest freshwater lakes, the Quinta is a paradise of wild beauty. The area has a microclimate so the swimming season is long...
Hats off to owners Júlio and Jill: their Quinta is one of the most convivial of the Algarve. And the approach is a delight, through groves of olive, almond and orange trees that give way to a subtropical garden...
Portugal has punched way beyond her weight for centuries and travelling about is as rich an experience as you might expect, especially if you wander beyond the sun-drenched Algarve. For a relatively small country there is a wonderful diversity, from the misty moist Minho of the north, home of crisp dry ‘vinho verde’, to the timeless borderlands of the Alentejo. As for Lisbon, it is barely possible to be unaware of its glorious (and inglorious) past; it is endearingly human in scale but has buildings as mighty as any in Europe.
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