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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 structured alphabetically for ease of use.

Global Recognition for Monchique Spa Truemans' Treks in Portugal - Walk 12 Driving in Portugal
Longevity Wellness Resort, Monchique, Portugal Truemans' Treks in Portugal - Walk 12 Driving in Portugal

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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Obidos International Chocolate Festival Advertise on Gekkoportugal Learning Portuguese

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

Buying a Car in Portugal

Castles in Portugal

Carnival in Portugal Buying a Car in Portugal Almourol Castle, Portugal

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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Transportes Senhora do Agoria Lda

Globelink Travel Insurance

David Hills Insurance

Silver Coast Financial Consultancy LDA

Timber Engineering Europe
 

 

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