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Beaches
in Algarve
Portugal is a small country, but one whose narrow
bounds contain a huge variety of landscapes. In
the far north, the crag-topped and barren mountains,
scented with wildflowers, are the domain of the
wind and lonely shepherds. Farther south, the high
sierras give way to rippling green hills, pictures
of pastoral perfection framing age-old smallholdings,
whitewashed villages, and sun-dappled vineyards.
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Farther
south again, in a great belt that stretches across
a third of the country, lie the arid, sun-drilled
plains of the Alentejo, a checkerboard of wheat
fields and huge cork plantations. In the deep south,
the Mediterranean takes stronger hold, cistus scenting
the maquis-covered hills, almond and orange trees
blossoming on the Algarve's mild-weathered margins.
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