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Clear waters for swimming, forests reaching down to the riverbanks, mountains on the horizon and small stone villages. In central Portugal, summer (and not only summer) offers an alternative to the Atlantic’s busy beaches: the praias fluviais, river beaches scattered along rivers, streams and inland lakes. Here, a day by the river can become an opportunity […]

Portugal is not just Lisbon, the Algarve, the waves of Nazaré or Sintra. There are lesser-known places that can still surprise you and leave you speechless. This is the Portugal of back roads, green mountains, clear rivers, forests, waterfalls and small villages where time seems to move at a different pace. In the heart of […]