Portugal

Set in an exclusive location, by one of the Algarve's most famous beach and surrounded by the lush greenery of

It was a beautiful student by the name of Mariana who first lured us to the colourful Portuguese capital. We’re

BEST FOR... Coast hiking, seafood, waves WHY GO? Leave the Algarve to the mob - head west instead, where the

Why go? Oh the irony. The Azores archipelago - nine islands castaway in the mid-Atlantic, a long, long way from

As the 4x4 bounced along a rutted dirt track, I gazed through swirling dust at an untamed landscape: cork trees,