Madeira has won Europe's leading island destination, at the World Travel Award, for the 8th year running. Madeira, the Portuguese archipelago off the northwest coast of Africa, is now highlighting itself as a winter sun destination. The archipelago is formed by a set of islands, the main and only inhabited being Madeira and Porto Santo. The archipe...

This is the most envy-worthy way to see the Portuguese capital Like a World War II machine gunner, I hunker down in the sidecar of the motorcycle. You see, during the war in Europe, the Americans retrofitted motorcycle sidecars with machine guns so the soldier passenger could exchange fire with the enemy. Motorcycle sidecars were also used in the w...

The Portuguese city Porto is found on the Douro River where it flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Porto is universally known for the fortified wine port, which is produced in the Douro Valley region and shipped worldwide from the city. For the visitor, Portugal's second largest city, after Lisbon, is compact and eminently walkable and truly rewarding. ...

Usually, and in terms of human memory function, it is not the destination that is remembered as much as what happens within the destination, and often the journey toward the destination. In this Memoryscapes feature it was Casas do Coro, another time where we traveled to a place we knew nothing about. It was one of the exceptional offbeat, off boat...

The Algarve, Portugal's southernmost region, is known for its 200km of award-winning Atlantic beaches and golf resorts. Whitewashed fishing villages on low cliffs that overlook sandy coves were transformed in the 1960s, and its central coast between Lagos and Faro is lined with villas, hotels, bars and restaurants. The region's western Atlantic coa...

The Algarve, Portugal's southernmost region, is known for its Atlantic beaches and golf resorts. The region's western Atlantic coast and rugged interior are less developed and inland are protected woodland, meadows and rivers. The Fonte de Benémola trail, Portimão The Fonte de Benémola trail, which starts an hour from Portimaõ, passes through prote...