Set on a cliff overlooking the River Guadiana, the small town of Mértola in Portugal seems frozen in time, a silent witness to distant eras. This village with a medieval soul and a whiff of adventure, ...

Take Monsanto, a small village in central Portugal just 16 miles from the Spanish ... This spectacular 1.7-mile loop takes hikers past the medieval Castelo de Penha Garcia, a dam and watermills ...