PORTUGAL LIFE & TRAVEL | CONTENTS
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6 A Port Fit for a Queen | JUBILEE PORT To celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, W. & J. Graham’ s and Berry Bros. & Rudd have joined forces to offer a very special port to the UK market.
10 A PASSION EXTRAORDINAIRE | Mary Cornelius-Reid The doyenne of nursing and retirement homes talks about her life and career.
14 DOURO | THE RIVER OF GOLD The Douro is a complex river. It’ s like the Portuguese – secretive, fascinating and charming in parts! There’ s a great port city at one end, and Spain at the other. In between... well, come and see.
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18 MAX FEWTRELL | POLE POSITION Peter Callaghan meets a young pretender – karting champion, Max Fewtrell.
22 CONSTANTINO JORDAN | Algarve Come & Live Here! Constantino Jordan, property and tourism investment advisor, talks about the campaign‘ Algarve Come and Live Here’.
24 Dr. Thomas Kaiser | INTERVIEW Dr. Thomas Kaiser explains the future of health tourism in the Algarve
26 Monte Rei | Perfect Days Lana Wrightman spends a weekend at the Eastern Algarve’ s most prestigious resort.
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30 ALGARVE ON YOUR PALATE | THE VERY BEST OF THE EAST Ben Taylor reviews three of his favourite restaurants in Eastern Algarve
34 LUXURY HOTEL | CARMO’ S BOUTIQUE Maria Luisa do Carmo and her daughter, Raquel have created a delightful hotel near Ponte de Lima.
38 OLIVE OIL | THE VALLEY OF THE WOLVES An historic olive oil is revisited in the most tranquil of locations- The Valley of Wolves.
44 Sea School | Learning to Handle a Boat If you want to learn to sail or handle a motor boat, then what better place to do than on the Algarve?
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48 Herdade dos Grous | Crane’ s eye view Peter Callaghan visits Vila Vita Parc’ s sister resort Herdade dos Grous in the Alentejo.
52 Rental market | RENTAL POTENTIAL The Portuguese rental market is growing from strength to strength. Mary Wilson finds out why.
55 Rental market | PROPERTIES FOR RENT A selection of properties available for rent this summer.
56 Moneycorp | Foreign Exchange Find out why using a foreign exchange company makes sound financial sense.
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