alentejo holiday Archive
Aldeia da Luz: The village that moved
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Walking in Portugal: the Rota Vicentina
Portugal may not be the most obvious European walking destination, yet a recently opened trail may be about to change that. Here’s a short trailer that does a great job in showing just what you can experience on the Rota Vicentina in the coastal Alentejo region: It
Standards – How do we maintain high standards in the face of cut-price travel and the dross it creates?
Tourism is a fashion business and its clients are rather like lemmings in that they all want to go to the same place at the same time. This year, for those who can afford to go there, it’s Burma. The mass market, at the other end of
Alentejo and an introduction to Portuguese seafood
Alentejo Coast The Alentejo region of Portugal is known for its flat plains dotted with distinctive cork trees and its pretty hilltop villages made up of white-washed houses. Yet many visitors come to the Alentejo to experience the region’s stunning coast. Stretching out from the south of
Guest blog – Dust tanning and the moral blight of filtered olive oil
Alentejo Day 3 – Tuesday 30 Aug 2011 Vila Galé Clube de Campo, Beja Vila Galé Clube de Campo was a startling contrast to Malhadinha Nova. At more than four times the size (weighing in at a whopping 1,620 hectares) the estate is owned by the Vila
Guest blog – So quiet you can hear the sky
Alentejo Day 2 – Monday 29 Aug 2011 Malhadinha Nova, AlbernoaTranquillity. Alentejo redefined the word for me. Bouncing along a bone-rattling dust track, seemingly no civilisation in sight, even our trusty satnav had given up telling us to ‘turn around where possible; you are not on a
Guest blog – We lose our hearts and waistlines to migas and presunto
Alentejo Day 1 – Sunday 28 Aug 2011 Herdade dos Grous, Albernoa We headed up a long drive, flanked by a blue lake, the deeply etched trunks of old olive trees, and up ahead was the pristine white and blue of the restaurant, startling against blue sky,
Guest blog – Blue and yellow lines
Alentejo Day 1 – Sunday 28 Aug 2011 The airport, Beja I was warned before we set off that everything in Alentejo is slow. ‘Don’t expect anything to happen in a hurry.’ Not true. The little Beja airport, plonked in the middle of nowhere, is square, awkwardly
Highlights of Evora; the perfect base for exploring the Alentejo
We picked Evora as a stopping point on our travels mainly down to its location. A little over an hour’s drive from Lisbon and pretty much in the centre of the Alentejo region, it seemed the perfect place to use as a base for a trip around
Alentejo Adventure
When I heard that ATOP (Association of Tour Operators to Portugal) were offering a FAM trip to the Alentejo, I jumped at the opportunity. A lot of what you hear about Portugal is the Algarve and the coastal resorts, so I was intrigued to know what the