Baidifu Travel Guide - Portugal

Author: (French) Ayas and others, edited by Zhang Yunshu
Publisher:
Publication Date: 2001-10-01
Features: The first half of this travel guide is a general introduction, rich in practicality, and provides information on Portugal's history, geography, culture, population, climate, music, animals, plants, and cuisine. The second half guides you through different regions of Portugal, where you can learn about the history, valuable attractions, and shopping spots of each area.
Dear Traveler: If the primary condition for you in the art of travel is that all unknown things are meticulously and systematically listed; or conversely, you believe that novelty is an indispensable joy of traveling and the greatest pleasure of living in a foreign land, please immerse yourself in the chapters of this travel guide.
First, this guidebook, despite its limited scope, offers you a detailed and comprehensive overview of this region. This will be your first journey through these words, and your actual travel will be equally rich and varied.
Second, this booklet will become your loyal, cautious, and reliable companion, guiding you through bustling streets and alleys, participating in sometimes challenging folk festivals and celebrations, and navigating labyrinthine markets without getting lost.
The authors of this guide have a special fondness for islands, a love for grasslands, a preference for snow, and dreams of paradise. We are journalists, writers, translators, art critics, filmmakers, university students, and professors from various travel regions. Of course, there are also professional travelers, former UN peacekeepers, and a handful of geniuses living on the fringes of society! Our group has gathered a circle of global travelers: French, Italian, Spanish, American, Bolivian, Swedish, Norwegian, Russian, Canadian, and Lebanese—all French speakers. From these geniuses, we have drawn the essence, first cultivating passion to form a personalized, even unique, writing style, which benefits the guidebook as well.
This travel series, written in multiple languages, is like the Tower of Babel in the Bible—grand but never fully completed. We hope to create a flexible and adaptable series, rather than one bound by rigid conventions. This series clearly depicts the realities of life, faithfully recounting the full scope of the scenery. It loves the old bricks and mortar and the vibrant colors of the markets, and it is never afraid to embrace anything.
To write a travel guide, everything must be included, and the most important information for modern travelers is found on our pages: real-life experiences, cultural customs, and adventures. Of course, there is much more.
After presenting the entire journey—which is the purpose of every guidebook—the decision to set off is yours. Whether you are who you are, a well-prepared traveler or an experienced adventurer, a university student or a retiree, and regardless of how you travel—whether with family or friends, traveling in a group or alone—you can choose the best way for you to live in a foreign land.