Table of Contents

Colour section. Basics. Guide: Lisbon and around; Estremadura and Ribatejo; Coimbra and the Beira Litoral; Mountain Beiras; Porto and the Douro; The Minho; Tras-os-Montes; Alentejo; The Algarve. Contexts: history; chronology of monuments and arts; music; books. Language: pronunciation; Portuguese words and phrases; food glossary.

About the Author

Mark Ellingham set up Rough Guides in 1981, and wrote the first edition of the Rough Guide to Portugal the following year. John Fisher has also been involved with Rough Guides from the start and is the author of several other titles, including Mexico, Spain and Greece. Graham Kenyon also co-authored Rough Guides to Spain and Greece before changing professions to become an IT specialist in the City.