Strapped into a harness, hands clamped to a metal bar, I flew – at terrifying speed along 720 metres of zipwire suspended over the Rio Guadiana – from Spain into Portugal. I’d taken a boat from Alcoutim (on the Algarve side of the river) to Sanlúcar de Guadiana (in Andalucía). …
Read More »Quinta-ssential Portugal: a campervan tour of farms, villages and flavours
As we pull up at the gate of Lavoura da Bouça, a huge but friendly mastiff is there to meet us. Behind him waddle a gaggle of noisy geese, followed by a scattering of sheep. In the back of our brightly coloured rental van, my two sons and their school …
Read More »Super Eagles to face Cristiano Ronaldo?s Portugal in Friendly Game
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will take on star player Cristiano Ronaldo’s captained Portugal in an international friendly in September, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Secretary General, Muhammad Sanusi has revealed. Nigeria and Portugal have never clashed at senior level but both countries met three times at the U-20 World …
Read More »Portugal drops all Covid entry requirements
Portugal has become the latest country to drop all Covid travel restrictions, so British tourists no longer need to show proof of vaccination or take a test. The country previously required all travellers to show either proof of vaccination or a negative PCR/antigen test, but this has changed with the …
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