Fodor's Essential Portugal

by Fodor's Travel Publications Inc.

Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for more than 80 years. 

With its medieval hilltop towns, magnificent beaches, traditional Fado music, and excellent food and wine, Portugal is Western Europe's most exotic destination.  Fodor's Essential Portugal  puts the best the country has to offer at your fingertips.

This travel guide
· Dozens of maps 
· Hundreds of hotel and restaurant recommendations, with Fodor's Choice designating our top picks
· Multiple itineraries to explore the top attractions and what’s off the beaten path
· Major sights such as Sintra, Queluz National Palace and Lisbon
· Side Trips from Evora including Guadalupe, Montemor-O-Novo and Monsaraz
· Side Trips from Funchal including Monte, Porto Santo and Calheta
· Coverage of Lisbon and environs; Estremadura and the Ribatejo; Evora and the Alentejo; The Algarve; Coimbra and the Beiras; Porto and the North; Madeira

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Reference

431 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 11, 2017

About the author

Fodor's Travel Publications is a United States-based producer of English-language travel guides and online tourism information. It was founded by Hungarian Eugene Fodor in 1936.
Fodor’s was acquired by Random House in 1986 and sold to Internet Brands in 2016.

Reviews

[Amanda up North · Rating 4 out of 5]

I sought this book to learn about the Algarve, but it made me want to see all of Portugal. (Especially considering Portugal is comparable in size to the state of Indiana.)
Gorgeous photos; the color, the castles, the coastline.

I'm not sure if this guide helped me or made things more complicated, adding more places I'd like to see and making it difficult to choose.

[Tatjana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for a very cursory overview.

[Sophie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely pictures and information. Makes me think of places in Portugal where I want to go in person after Covid ends.