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Portugal Travel Reads

Travel Reads > Portugal

• How Porto’s gritty, industrial neighbour became a cool coastal hotspot [The Guardian]
“Matosinhos was built on fish, but today its retro seafood restaurants and canneries sit alongside great art spaces, museums and landmark architecture.”

• Portugal’s Fisherman’s Trail is the perfect multi-day hike for first-timers [Independent]
“With the promise of dramatic ocean scenery, sandy tracks, and picture-perfect Portuguese coastal villages, Rachel Ifans takes on a route from Porto Covo to Vila do Bispo in hopes of unlocking a love of point-to-point hiking.”

• The tourist facade & the spectacle of Porto [Rewear&Care]
“How heritage tourism gives the illusion of authenticity.”

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