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    Lisboa, Portugal

    Aug 07, 2019 4 minutes

    According to the Portuguese actress and fadista Amália Rodrigues: ‘In a Portuguese home, it’s good to have bread and wine on the table. And if someone humbly knocks at the door, we invite them to join us.’ The tourism boom means more people are now knocking on Portugal’s door than the 10.3 million who live there. In 2018, there were 12.8 million foreign visitors, drawn by the country’s famously warm, generous hospitality.

    Sunny in climate and spirit, Lisbon, Portugal’s vibrant, characterful capital, leads the charge, and its namesake wine region – having astutely rebadged itself from Estremadura to Lisboa in 2009 – is reaping the benefits. Regarded as one

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