When the Portuguese royal family was in residence at the Queluz palace, a small army of maids, cooks and servants attended to their every whim. There was, of course, full-time kitchen staff tasked with preparing multi-course gourmet meals, sometimes for...
The Palace Hotel in Buçaco is one of Portugal’s most famous and elegant inns, being set in an actual nineteenth-century palace commissioned by King Carlos. Staying there is very expensive and beyond the means of most travelers, but you might want to...