Monchique & Beyond Discover Portugal's Hidden Mountain Heart

Discover Portugal's Hidden Mountain Heart

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Forget the Beach Towns: Why the Monchique Mountains Should Be Every American Hiker's Next Portugal Obsession

Most American travelers land in Lisbon, make a beeline for the Algarve coast, and call it a Portugal trip. But a growing wave of US hikers is quietly discovering that the real soul of southern Portugal lives up in the Monchique mountains — and they're not keeping it secret much longer.