Where is that, you might wonder. In fact, quite far from mainland Portugal, but only 10 km by car from Funchal, the capital of Madeira. Madeira has a population of approximately 250.000 and half of them live in Funchal. Câmara..
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In our view – the Silver Coast is at its best in-between Nazaré and the small village Paredes da Vitória, 20 min drive north of Nazaré. The coastline from Praia do Norte and up to Paredes is unexploited. You can..
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Here, in Foz do Arelho fresh water from Lagoa de Óbidos meets the Atlantic Ocean. And depending on the tide we will have a nice combo of fresh and salt water in the lagoon. Calm during low tide and with..
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Closed due to snowfall. We had winter tires on our 4-wheel drive car and the skies packed. We have heard that Serra da Estrela had heavy snow coming. Excited we went up the winding steep road from the main city..
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It is the time of the day, right after sunset when the sinking daylight, streetlights, the cars´ headlights and facade lights equilibrate. The half-moon hangs like a scenery by the belfry, and it looks like the picture is taken during..
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The sun shines on a couple of turtle storks on a cliff by the Atlantic Ocean. This is the wild Portugal, far away from large cities, tourism, and big roads. This cliff is next to the walking trail “Fishermans trail”..
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A sea gull by the pool. And this is a gull by a very special pool – the pool of Hotel Memmo Alfama, located on one of the seven hills of Lisbon. The area Alfama is on the eastern part..
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Is this Hawaii? No, it is the beach of Ferrel in the Peniche municipality on the Silver Coast. A fantastic bay with sand beach all the way from the city of Peniche to the peninsula of Baleal. You will find..
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Isn´t this the best place to visit today on the day of Santa Lucia? This is Monte de Santa Luzia and the church Santuário do Sagrado Coração de Jesus or Diocesan Sanctuary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, inspired by..
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Jiminy Cricket´s wife? No, a relaxed Portugal Agent on the ferry between Tróia and Setúbal. Just west of here and seen on the picture is Parque Natural da Arrábida with beautiful beaches like; Galapinhos and Praia do Portinho to Arrábida...
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Why did we start Portugal Agent? And how did we end up with the team we have? Both the local expertise as well as the team from Sweden?
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We went to Portugal to visit Nazaré and some other places that could potentially be our new home. When standing...
Anette Arvfors and Jan Ström
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