The best Christmas ports

Smooth, rich and full of festive fruit, now is the time to enjoy a good port

7 reasons why you should visit Douro Valley in Portugal

      Author: Ines Marinho. Portugal: the jewel of the Atlantic Ocean. Among the many beautiful cities of this country, like Lisbon, Coimbra, and the region of Algarve, there is a ‘secret and magical’ place in the Northern region you should never forget to add to your bucket list: Porto. In this city, surrounded … Read more

Infante Sagres: the most historic luxury hotel in the city of Porto reopens with fashion fusion

  This legendary grande dame of Portuguese hotels reopens with grandeur and food for the fashionable. This is not justPorto’s finest city centre hotel. It is the Infante Sagres. A World Heritage site, Porto is an historic city with rare architectural value and a portfolio of historic buildings that are real treasures of inestimable value. … Read more

Ports of call: a wine tour of the Douro

Portugal’s Douro region is famous for its port, but also produces fine, good-value reds and top nosh. Perfect, then, for thirsty foodies like our writer