The peaks are rounded, the air is thin, and the light moves differently here. At this altitude, colors lose their edge; the landscape feels almost monochrome, a world of stone, grass, and ...

Portugal’s winter can be quietly dramatic: frost on granite villages, empty mountain roads, taverns warmed by bowls of caldo ...

The government will declare a state of calamity to meet the needs of the region of the burned area of Serra da Estrela, Cabinet Office minister Mariana Vieira da Silva announced on Monday. According ...

This place was sculpted by ice,” said my hiking guide Rodrigo Marques, as he gestured towards granite ridges that receded into the distance like a dark, choppy Atlantic ocean. “These deep U-shaped ...

Text description provided by the architects. ComA architects, had the challenge of designing an extension to the old youth Hostel, located in Penhas da Saúde, Serra da Estrela, the biggest mountain in ...