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The low-key seaside summer holiday spot is enjoying its moment in the sun.

Friday 14 May 2021 Holidays to a select list of countries are officially back on for those travelling from England, Wales and Scotland from Monday 17 May. But where should we be looking if we want to get abroad while staying away from the crowds? These are our top spots. Azores The Azores Portugal and its islands (including the Azores and Madeira) plan to welcome British tourists from Monday 17 May, when Portugal will also become a green list country. Advertisement This archipelago cast off the coast of Portugal is made up of nine islands that poke out of the depths of the Atlantic. All wer...

Saturday 2 January 2021 The late-afternoon sun is painting the pale stone floor in strips of gold. The room at Melides Art, in a small village south of Lisbon, is filled with the scent of pine and eucalyptus and that particular fragrance that comes at the end of a long, hot summer day – a mix of salt, sunscreen and warm sand. A young woman, her dark hair falling across bare brown shoulders, sits on the stairs, bent over a guitar, slowly picking out a melody; one chord, then another. After a moment she lifts her head and sings a song of love and loss that sounds all the more poignant in her ...