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 ...

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.

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 ...

Home to Portugal's "mountain of stars" and some of Europe's least light-polluted skies, the Alentejo region is best seen at night. A long twisting road leads up Portugal's highest mountain, and here, ...

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 ...

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9:30 am – Departure for Monte da Ravasqueira winery, Arraiolos 10:00 am–1:00 pm – Harvesting grapes at the Monte da Ravasqueira winery, Arraiolos 12:30–2:00 pm – Lunch, Monte da Ravasqueira winery, ...

Nena, Dillaz, and David Antunes & The Midnight Band are the headliners for the 18th Alentejo Pig Fair, which will take place in Ourique, in the district of Beja, between 20 and 22 March.