Nestled in the heart of the Serra da Estrela mountain range, Portugal’s only ski resort offers a small snowy domain, perfect ...
Why would a young, dynamic person pack up and leave buzzing Lisbon for a life in a dilapidated stone hamlet with just 40 residents? It didn’t take long for my guide, Pedro Pedrosa, an environmentally ...
“This place was sculpted by ice,” said my hiking guide Rodrigo Marques, as he gestured towards granite ridges that receded into the distance like a dark, choppy Atlantic ocean. “These deep u-shaped ...
Perched in the mountains of the Serra da Lousã, Talasnal captivates travellers. This slate-built village, now almost abandoned, is home to just one permanent resident – a discreet guardian of Portugal ...