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Portugal's Undiscovered Corner |
| Section: LIFE / TRAVEL |
| Author: Victor Block |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1986 |
| Size: 2,218 Words, 11,447 Characters |
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The first visitors to this area of southern Portugal were Greeks who arrived in the fifth and sixth centuries B.C. Hannibal, the leader of Carthage, later founded a port city there in his name. Then, in the eighth century A.D., came the Moors. They were driven out 500 years later by the Crusaders, but not before giving the region its name--"al gharb," Arabic for western land.
Today's travelers to the Algarve--the southernmost province of Portugal--are more peaceful. They come primarily from Britain, France, Germany and the Scandinavian countries, plus a trickle from the United States. They are drawn by an even year-round climate, some of the most inviting beaches in the world, the unique culture and character of the people, and prices that translate into one of the last travel bar...
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...t inviting corner of the Continent.
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