Jayme Simoes, a consultant and expert on Portugal, has often spent pleasurable time in that country’s southern region of Alentejo. I interviewed him on my travel podcast (see below) and earlier wrote ...

Tucked away along Portugal’s wild Alentejo coast, Vila Nova de Milfontes offers a slower, more soulful seaside escape—where ...

If there exists a better way to see a landscape than on horseback, I’ve yet to find it. The world looks fine from high in a saddle, earth moving swiftly beneath you, air that much fresher six feet off ...

Just an hour and a half drive from Lisbon, the Alentejo (ah-len-TAY-zhoo) region is regarded as the preferred wine region by the Portuguese, though it remains largely undiscovered by many U.S.

Within minutes of uploading my first Instagram story from my stay at São Lourenço do Barrocal, the messages began pouring in: “My favorite place.” “Favorite hotel in the world.” “The best memories ...

View of Evoramonte from The Place at Evoramonte. Photo Credit: Leandra Benjamin, courtesy of Visit Alentejo What might travel be like during the recovery period once Covid-19 is under control? Thanks ...

The Alentejo region of southern Portugal, sprawling between the Atlantic coast and the Spanish border, lies within striking distance of Lisbon but offers a fresh-air antidote to the city. Thick with ...

This - I want to demonstrate to everyone I meet by jabbing at a map of Portugal - is how you do it. Some journeys turn out so deliciously surprising that you turn into a travel evangelist - and my ...

It was the first swallow of spring. Helpless and fledgling, its mouth gaping open for food, our life-affirming discovery among the willow and acacia trees was the first sign of the changing seasons.