Holiday destinations

Portugal’s coastline stretches for more than 1,700km, offering some of Europe’s most breathtaking seaside scenery.

There’s a noticeable shift happening with American travellers and Portugal.

A new global ranking of the world’s most colourful cities has placed two Portuguese cities in the top three.

If you want to understand Portugal beyond the beaches and custard tarts, its best museums are where the real story unfolds.

Easter in Portugal, or Páscoa, isn’t just about chocolate eggs lining supermarket shelves.

Portugal has quietly claimed a new title: home to Europe’s most relaxing city, according to the UK’s largest online travel agent.

You don’t need to fly to Japan to walk beneath clouds of cherry blossom. In central Portugal, thousands of cherry trees transform the hills of Fundão into a sea of white and pale pink every spring — and 2026 could be one of the best years yet to see it.

It’s not every day that a city perched on steep riverbanks is crowned the most walkable city in Europe, but that’s exactly what recent research has found.

When you start looking at Easter holiday destinations in Portugal, you quickly realise the timing couldn’t be better.

A Portuguese city has secured a spot in TripAdvisor’s 2026 Travellers’ Choice Awards Best of the Best for destinations.

TripAdvisor has unveiled its 2026 ranking of the best beaches in the world, and Portugal has claimed a spot in the global top five. Located in the Algarve, the beach has earned another international accolade for Portugal’s Atlantic coastline.

Portugal has long been one of Europe’s easiest countries for a short break — compact, welcoming, and rich in atmosphere.

Cascais is one of those seaside towns just outside Lisbon that’s easy to underestimate until you actually spend time there. Once a royal summer retreat, it still carries that polished feel.

When people look for the best resorts in Portugal for couples for Valentine's Day, it’s usually about ease rather than excess.

With Valentine’s Day coming up, holidays in Portugal for couples tend to move higher up the wish list, and it’s easy to see why.

Portugal doesn’t do national parks in the same way as Spain or Italy. Instead, most protected areas fall under the natural park label.

Portugal has quietly cemented itself as one of Europe’s most reliable golf destinations.

The Azores are one of those places that still feel like a bit of a secret in the middle of the Atlantic.

The Algarve has a bit of a reputation as wall‑to‑wall resorts and sunbeds, but once you step away from the coast, a different side appears.

A solar eclipse is one of those rare sky shows Europe actually gets to enjoy properly this year. 2026 is extra special because a total solar eclipse in Portugal has not been visible since 1912.

UNESCO cities in Portugal may be few – there are five in total across the mainland and islands – but they tell a disproportionate amount of the country’s story. Each one has a historic centre recognised by UNESCO for its “outstanding universal value”.

Portuguese wine is having a real moment, and the best wine routes in Portugal put you close to that energy. Wine tourism here means slow weekends on the river, drives through cork forests and evenings in small towns where the local taverna still knows every regular.

A small northern Portuguese town has been picked as one of the world's best travel destinations for 2026.

A stretch of the Portuguese coastline has just been crowned the World’s Leading Beach Destination 2025 at the World Travel Awards, often nicknamed the “Oscars of Tourism”.

A street in Porto has just been named the 3rd coolest street in the world for 2025 by Time Out.