Everything Mega-Chef Vitor Sobral does is about taking rich Portuguese flavors and transforming them into modern tastes and textures. His...
2010
Year: 2010
Palacete Chafariz d’el Rei rests on a hillside in the old Alfama District. It is a restored grand palacete offering...
The magical village of Sintra, just outside Lisbon, is known for being the playground of Portuguese royalty, a Moorish fortress...
This unassuming door on Rua do Padre Luis Cabral could be just another quaint home that defines the traditional heritage...
The Boca do Lobo concept is not that old. The company started in 2005 in Rio Tinto, a community just...
Ginja are funny little fruit. They look like cherries. They grow on trees like cherries. They have pits like cherries. But, ginja are much more sour than cherries. This bitterness really makes the fruit almost inedible. Yet, today, a liquor produced using this fruit is a traditional favorite among Portuguese. And, the makers of Oppidum Ginga de Óbidos have helped create a national obsession.
In honor of All Saints’ Day (1 November), Portugal Confidential is checking out cemeteries across the country. Whether you consider cemeteries sacred or macabre, these bone yards are interesting, historically cool, sometimes significant, and often, architecturally amazing.
You’re an architecture fanatic….and you’re hungry. You’re in the Porto area. You really need a place to satisfy your passion...