What to bring from Portugal
Traveling to Portugal is always fascinating and"delicious". What does it mean: any tourist, having found himself in the westernmost country of Europe, before leaving home, simply can not decide what kind of food to take with him - so it is diverse and tasty. Therefore, most souvenirs are different kinds of food and drinks. About what exactly to bring from Portugal, read in this article.
Useful tips on what to take with you when you return home from Portugal:
1. Wine, port wine. Both alcoholic beverages in Portugal are prepared at a high level. The cost of wines is just ridiculous - 2-5 euros for 1 bottle. Wine products for every taste: white, red drinks, semi-dry, sweet and semisweet - any tourist will find a bottle of his favorite wine. Usually, travelers try to buy as many bottles of alcohol as possible, primarily because of an unusually low price.
In the heat of a very good drink green wine - Vinyu verde. Port of Taylor is good, Taylor touni and many others. As already mentioned, the quality of wines is excellent.
2. Madera. As the island of Madera belongs to Portugal, the same alcoholic drink can be found everywhere in all stores and supermarkets. The quality of the wine is no longer worth talking about - it's on top.
3. Coffee. Not only Brazil and Kenya are famous for theira delicious, invigorating drink, but in Portugal they also produce very good and tasty coffee. In fact, coffee beans are shipped from Brazil to the northern region of Portugal, where coffee is produced in factories. One of the firms that produces coffee beans and ground coffee is Delta. Also good company Nicola.
4. Stopper. Why tourist cork as a souvenir? The whole point is that Portugal is the birthplace of cork! Interestingly, in this country of cork do various things that also are suitable as a souvenir: handbags, wallets, cards and even some kinds of clothes. If your budget is severely limited, you can only buy beautiful postcards.
5. Soap. Soap of excellent quality is made in Madeira. Virtually every piece contains small particles, designed for the facial scrub.
6. Clothes. Socks, hats and sweaters, and also shoes: sneakers and leather shoes. The best gift for family and friends. And also inexpensive jersey, which again is very high quality, like any other Portuguese products.
7. Cherimoya and Bananas. Unusual fruits that attract attentionnot only by name, but also by its excellent taste. Bananas is a hybrid of banana and pineapple, and the taste of cherimoya will remind you of plum, mango and papaya together. From the cherimoya stone it is possible to grow a small tree in the home room conditions. 8. Jamon - pork jerky, so common in neighboring Spain. However, the price for this meat product in Portugal is half that. For comparison: 1 kg of jamon in Spain - about 20 euros, in Portugal - 9-10 euros.
9. Fuet - a small smoked sausage. The cost of it starts from 1 euro per stick.
10. Mangoes and oranges. Having tried them in Portugal, you will surely feel the difference in taste in comparison with what you have to buy in Russian stores. The cost of fruit is low.
11. Magnetics, keychains with the image of a cock - a symbol of Portugal. It symbolizes, above all, the triumph of justice.
12. Souvenirs made of clay and ceramics. Very nice look small souvenir in the form of wooden houses - they can be hung on the wall instead of the picture.
As you can see, the products in Portugalmake high-quality. The question is how to take everything with you, because, perhaps, the only way to get home is by air travel. On the advice of experienced tourists, the main thing is not to exceed the baggage rate, and already hand baggage to take other things and souvenirs.
Author: Katerina Sergeenko
