Best Travel Destinations - Portugal
Faro in southern Portugal is a great town to soak up the atmosphere of the Algarve. One of the attractions here is a visit to the Igreja do Carmo: a church in Faro famous for its Capela dos Ossos (“Chapel of Bones”). Located a short walk from the old town of Faro, you can see the Igreja do Carmo as you walk up the hill, in the middle of a plaza. It isn't open all day, and closes through the middle of the day, so time your arrival accordingly. At around 3.30 p.m. the Igreja do Carmo re-opens, and as you walk down the wooden aisle, the ominous creaking of floorboards builds the suspense for the main tourist attraction. Taking a right halfway down the ...
If you find yourself in Lisbon, one of the oldest cities in the world, a visit to the Castelo de São Jorge (Castle of Saint George) allows you to step into the shoes of eons of rulers and to ponder the same view that they had. The ruins of the Castelo de São Jorge in Lisbon sit on a tall hill in the middle of the city, and conjure up all the magic and myth of the castles in storybooks. The Castelo de São Jorge is the castle you were drawing with crayons as a kid: up on the hill over the town with the banners flapping and the princess in the tower. It is one of the originators of the cultural memory of mystical ...
When you enter Portugal, you enter a country unlike any other. In some ways, travelling to Lisbon is like travelling through time. There are a number of ways you can sense its history. You see it in the monuments and buildings. You taste it in all the dishes you eat. And it is most certainly part of the sounds you hear in a Portuguese fado house. Fado can only be traced to the early 19th century, but many Portuguese would assume it goes back much further in Portuguese history. It is often associated with the Portuguese word “saudade,” which is a word for nostalgia or longing. It is certainly mournful in sound. Many tourists or travellers would associate fado with the Spanish flamenco, and there ...
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