Portugal is not the first destination that comes to mind when you pair words like “sun” and “culture” – at least to the average American – especially when there are countries like Spain, it’s much larger neighbor, Italy, or Greece to consider. It is much smaller, it doesn’t have a Mediterranean shoreline – Portugal straddles …

Europe is back to being everyone’s go-to destination for both sun and culture now that all health-related border curbs have been lifted. From France’s Eiffel Tower to Italy’s world-renowned Romanesque monuments, the continent is once again awash with tourists. Though the Old World is at the front of the world’s tourism revival, a majority of …