Best timeApril–October for beach weather; May and September for the sun without the crowds.
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Why Portugal
Warm light, warmer people, and a coastline that hides its best beaches down dirt tracks. Portugal is our easy-going shore country — sandstone coves in the Algarve, seafood straight off the boat, and the kind of slow days that make you rebook before you've left.
Portugal is the rare place that’s both cheap and gorgeous. Rent a car for the coves the buses miss, and half-tell people where you found the good one.
Portugal stories
Algarve, Portugal
Sand Between Chapters: A Cove in the Algarve
How a wrong turn down a dirt track led to the emptiest beach in southern Portugal, and why we're only half-telling you where it is.
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