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Rick Steves' Europe: Algarve, Portugal

On Portugal's south coast, The Algarve is home to both sun-seeking tourists and working fishermen with their colorful boats
May 2010 | By Rick Steves

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Adventures of a Portuguese Poet

Wild-hearted Luis Vaz de Camoes’ years abroad are not well-known, but that hasn’t lessened his legend
September 01, 2008 | By Amanda Bensen

Portugal

When Portugal Ruled the Seas

The country's global adventurism in the 16th century linked continents and cultures as never before, as a new exhibition makes clear
September 2007 | By David Zax

Mariza is gaining a reputation as the new queen of fado.

Portugal's Soulful Sound

Often compared to American blues, fado is gaining global appeal
June 01, 2007 | By Dina Modianot-Fox

This world map by German cartographer Henricus Martellus (who lived in Florence, Italy) shows the world as Europe knew it in 1489. Though it reflected many new discoveries, it was largely based on ancient sources, including the maps of Ptolemy, which dated to the second century A.D. In a few years, voyages by Christopher Columbus and other explorers, especially the Portuguese, would change the map considerably. "It

Global Empire

The curator of an ambitious new exhibition explains how Portugal brought the world together
June 01, 2007 | By Amy Crawford


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