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Article: Holidays: Here we go.(Features)
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- Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
- Article date:
- March 21, 2004
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Byline: GILLIAN THOMAS
FOOTY fans heading to Portugal for Euro 2004 are in for a treat. No matter what happens on the pitch, the area where most of the matches take place is a winner.
For those who only know the Algarve, the west side of the country between Lisbon and Porto comes as a delightful surprise, as I discovered only last month.
I found lively seaside resorts and miles of sandybeachesbackedbydunesandpinewoods. Inland there are hilltop castles and imposing monastery churches galore.
Coimbra, where England play Switzerland on June ...