The Portugal Property Buying Guide

Well, reading the newspapers there are four big stories in connection with Portugal this week…and far and away the most worrisome are the financial and political crises, a solution to which would seem to be closely linked.
Markets have long seen Portugal going the route of Ireland and Greece with a request for a bailout from the EU almost a certainty. Prime Minister Jose Socrates has said that the rejection of his latest set of austerity measures by the opposition - this...

Sitting sipping a glass of Portuguese wine a few evenings ago I found myself wondering exactly how old the Portuguese wine industry is – “Get a life!” can I hear you say? It must be all those foodie/wine/travel programmes on TV that...

Today it is very un-PC to think of colonisation, but back in the day it was a measure of a country’s importance, plus of course they needed what other countries and continents had to offer in the way of things like minerals, spices etc.
Portuguese sailors began exploring the coast of Africa as early as 1419 and by 1488 Bartholomew Diaz had rounded the Cape of Good Hope. Vasco da Gama reached India in 1498, thus opening up the sea route to the immensely lucrative source of the spices...

Most people travelling to Portugal go because they love the country or perhaps love the sunny weather and the magnificent beaches, but why not try something a little different next time? For instance, why not combine your next trip (be it holiday or...