Porto Covo
Portugal's beautiful Alentejo region is off the beaten track
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Tue, 09/23/2008 - 08:48.Gently rolling hills stretch to the horizon. The soil is yellow and brown. A scattering of cork oaks and olive groves punctuates the wheat fields and bull pastures. This is Alentejo, Portugal's largest and most sparsely populated region, with about a third of the country's area but only 5 per cent of its population.
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