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Welcome to
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Welcome to
Gekkoportugal, your portal to information and advice
on all aspects of Portugal. Whether you are looking to
visit Portugal on holiday or on a more
permanent visit, we have hundreds of pages of
information specifically researched and written to help
you enjoy the country more easily.
Below we pick out a
range of pages to help you navigate through our website,
though for a comprehensive list of information and
advertising pages, visit our
directory, which is
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Global Recognition for
Monchique Spa |
Truemans' Treks in
Portugal - Walk 12 |
Driving in Portugal |
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Officials at the
Longevity Wellness Resort
in Monchique are celebrating after being short listed
for a prestigious award.
The spa was
nominated for the award for the
Best Medical and Wellness Spa in the World
at the
World Travel Awards
and the glitzy ceremony took place earlier this month in
Qatar.
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The latest
in the series of walks from John and Sue Trueman gives
us two for the price of one, when rambling through the
Serra de Candeeiros. These two
walks are very different from the norm, as I am unable
to provide detailed descriptions of the route.
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You
could be forgiven for thinking
driving in Portugal is a relatively
safe and pleasurable experience; with a population of
only around 10 million and around half that holding driving
licenses, logic would say yes, but in reality you would
be wrong.
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Óbidos Chocolate Festival |
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How
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If you’re one of the 43% of
people who will be giving up chocolate up for Lent this
year, then it’s perhaps best if you navigate away from
this page now, right now, before you give into
temptation, book a flight to Portugal to visit the
Tenth International Chocolate
Festival in Óbidos.
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Although
the ability to say hello, ask for a couple of beers, an
ashtray and where the cigarette machine was certainly
wasn't going to win me any awards for my linguistic
skills in
Portugal, I wasn't
worried and had no intention of learning any more
of the
Portuguese language.
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It's Almost Time for
Carnival in Portugal
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Buying a Car in Portugal |
Castles in Portugal |
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If you feeling a
little flat after the festive period, don't despair,
Carnival is just around the corner. Throw your sequins,
beads and skimpy costumes into a travel bag, book a
flight to Portugal and join in the celebrations,
Portuguese style. Up and down Portugal there will be
hundreds of parades and parties to celebrate Mardi Gras
(Fat Tuesday), which is also a national holiday in
Portugal.
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If
you've decided to avoid filling out reams of forms to
start the sometimes complicated and often confusing
matriculation process to import your existing car onto
Portuguese registration plates, then you will, no doubt,
be in the market to
buy a car in Portugal.
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Portugal's landscape is literally littered
with castles, some large, some small; some fairytale-like set in rivers
and others austere and imposing, but all representing the country's long
and sometimes bloody history.
And, although built to keep out invasions,
the drawbridges have been lowered and the castles of Portugal are now
some of the most visited locations in the country.
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