Stories from rural Portugal
Village life, river beaches, traditional food and honest advice about moving to the countryside - written by the people who actually live there.
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Buying rural property and working remotely in central Portugal - part I
When I started my PhD in Sweden, I assumed it would be the thing I had always pictured: conferences, collaborations, travel, people. I had wanted it for as long as I can remember. A few months in, that picture fell apart very...
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Winter in Portugal: where to find snow, mountains and quiet villages
Portugal has a reputation for beaches and mild weather, which is fair for about nine months of the year. What fewer visitors realise is...
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Wild swimming in Portugal: river beaches and natural pools inland
Portugal is known for its coastline, but you do not have to be near the sea to spend a summer here in the water....
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Buying rural property and working remotely in central Portugal - part II
This is the second half of the story. If you have not read it yet, part I covers buying the house, the paperwork, and...
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Traditional Portuguese food: the dishes worth ordering
Portuguese cooking is not as widely known as French, Spanish, Italian, Greek or Turkish. It is a bit like Peruvian food a decade or...
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Building a tennis court in the countryside: is it a good investment?
A tennis court surrounded by open country is an appealing combination, and it is one of the few additions that can genuinely change how...
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The good old Portuguese soup: caldo verde, sopa da pedra and sopa de peixe
Soup is one of the oldest dishes there is, going back to prehistory, and in Portugal it has never gone out of fashion. The...
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Visiting Portugal: flying and driving
This post is about the practical side of getting to Portugal and moving around once you are here. Flights, hire cars, tolls, and travelling...
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Volta à Terra ((Be)Longing): a documentary about vanishing rural Portugal
What Ecorustics is trying to do is show rural Portugal to the rest of the world. We think it matters that millennials and the...
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