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Peter Burton's daily log, covering Peter's personal interests, e.g. jazz, travel and general grumpiness plus (occasionally) the business of Isomatic and its associate companies.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Touring Portugal

We have just returned from a tour of Portugal, staying in Lisbon, Porto, Belmonte, Evora and Monchique. The best value for money and the best view were both at the Estalagem Abrigo da Montanha just up the road from Monchique to the highest peak in the Algarve. The pictures show the hotel and the view from our window. Our one full day in the Algarve was the only one with continual sunshine.
While in Porto we tried to visit Sandeman's Port Lodge but they turned us away as they had a party of Japanese visitors. We won't be buying any Sandeman products in future. We went to Graham's instead and were given a personal guide for just the two of us, a young British guy from Kensington who gave us an extended tasting. We bought 3 bottles and will continue to buy port from the Symington Family, who own Graham, Dow, Warre, Smith Woodhouse, Gould Campbell, Quinta do Vesuvio, the Madeira Wine Company and now Cockburns.

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