Portugal
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The opener
Are we about to call time on famed German efficiency? Don’t worry, these brief bulletins on Brexit and bragging won’t hold you up.
Acid test
Portugal's university hazing tradition, praxe, blends gothic pageantry with troubling ritual. Behind the capes and choral singing lies a centuries-old initiation culture carrying genuine psychological — and sometimes fatal — consequences.
Madeira, Portugal
Best-in-collection swimwear, accessories and relaxed seaside attire of brilliant colour and cut.
Best in class: Lisbon
A grocery store with a heart, not to mention the highest-quality produce.
In safe hands
The home of one of Portugal’s leading architects now belongs to a family friend and is a much-treasured modernist masterpiece.
Travel Briefing
Whether you're dreaming of burying your toes in the sand off the east coast of Mexico or exploring an old Portuguese olive farm, this month's new openings will have you itching to book.
Travel
From Catskills lodges welcoming creative New Yorkers back to nature, to restored Japanese farmhouses and a eucalyptus-scented Portuguese hideaway — independent hotels are rewriting the rules of escape.
Best in class: Porto
EarlyMade eschews the hard sell in favour of a retail experience and helps to connect buyers visiting Portugal’s well-knit textile traders.
All fired up
A storied Portuguese ceramics brand has been rescued from oblivion – with some vivid results.
