At minute 12 you said everything. Not sure what is the hype about French or Italian food because in terms of gastronomy, i really doubt that there is one better than Portuguese.

2 commentaries that I wish to share: -Portugal as a country, and Portuguese culture, history, landscapes, beaches or countryside, cities or the people, food or wine, Portuguese language, etc are underrated comparing with Italy or Spain in a unfair way. Maybe Hollywood has also a role in this... -The Guimarães área/ or Porto area and 100Km around has 90 % of the português textile industry, that is one of the most important textiles industry in Europe. Why in The North, mainly because of 4 reasons: - Labour reasons , The amount/density of population that was able to work on factories. -Walter/rivers, since Textiles needs dyeing houses, and dyeing houses need water a lot of water, the north has much more acess to water then other parts of Portugal. - The proximity of sea port of Leixões/Porto, Porto airport, Spain, Rail train capacity for exporting goods. - Historical reasons, the English from Manchester the were more present in Porto then in Lisbon, establish the first textiles units in the North of Portugal in the XIX and the Germans in the XX century, specially on spinning mills and later in technical textiles. Great video guys!!

Next stop Viana do Castelo? It is a beautiful city and is not far away from Guimarães. There you can go easily to Ponte de Lima (oldest village of Portugal), then Arcos de Valdevez, Ponte da Barca and so on. Think about it and enjoy!

Love when you play our Zeca Afonso in the background most people who don't know our history won't like it or understand. Regardless it will alwayd be the voice of Portugal

That house "belongs" to Fafe not to Guimarães.

And this year is the best to come to the Algarve, almost no tourists here....

@@Jesuscger Hopefully September. Apologies for the arrogant UK quarantine snub. You have handled the virus better than the UK. I have a friend in the Algarve and she said it's quiet. I am desperate to be there and escape rainy, cold Scotland...

@@victoriasmith8969 September and October are the best months to stay in the Algarve if you like to go to the beach because it's when the sea water is warmer.

Victoria next time you go to Portugal go to the Region of Minho. Is the oldest and must historical region of Portugal.. Portugal was born in the Minho region in 1143...

@@armeniomorgado2069 Thanks, I will look into this. I am really missing being there this summer

I always buy them in Spain, Mercadona usually imports them

Passei em Ermelo a semana passada num passeio de mota, merecia uma paragem.

Daniel Estrela But that what makes the place so special...

Portugal was silent for a long time it's time we get some proper attention.

Thank you for clearing it out

Mas a culpa também é nossa. Por muito tempo não promovemos o nosso país. Por muito tempo ficámos calados com vergonha de nós próprios. Mas agora estamos a dar cada vez mais valor ao que temos seja em que área for. E se Hollywood não nos promove, então temos de ser nós a fazer uma série como deve de ser para a Netflix sobre a História de Portugal com esses detalhes que enumeraste. Precisamos de uma estratégia a longo prazo para nos "vendermos" ao mundo. Temos de deixar de ter vergonha de o fazer. Provavelmente como somos um país pequeno, pensamos que não temos muita coisa quando isso está longe de ser verdade. Acho que ainda não nos conhecemos muito bem uns aos outros, precisamos por isso de começar a vender o que cada região e cidade tem ao resto do país. Eu já visitei vários sítios de Portugal e digo-te que não ficamos nada atrás de Espanha ou de Itália, só precisamos é de saber divulgar. Mas também há que encontrar um ponto em que não haja demasiado turismo, porque demasiado turismo também estraga. É preciso encontrar outras alternativas económicas para além do Turismo.

Beware: Alfonso it's Afonso in spanish.

Rui Rodrigues It was simply auto-correct... good old iphone! I know it’s Afonso. 🙂

Said that before but always makes me cry of saudade Zeca will always be our voice❤

Bruno Torres I understand that - he was a music warrior, an important part of the culture and voice of the times.

@@JenShea he trully was. There is a lot Portugal didn't tell the world about❤

Rui Gomes😂😂😂🌹

Coimbra its a must a lot to discover and it's definitely one of our most symbolic city in Portugal

Well, I live in Coimbra and the Coimbra University is not the oldest, but one of the oldest.

Love pataniscas eat them all the time here in the UK my son loves it

E quando os têxteis entram em crise também são os campeões dos pedidos de subsídio de desemprego. Ou és muito novo ou tens a memória curta.

Actually your comment about agriculture in north of Portugal is not true. Clearly u don´t know the north of Portugal or what your are talking about. Water in the north makes farmland much more fertile than in the south, which makes agriculture in the south very centralized in few products. This can also be seen in the typical cuisine of the southern regions. So the best farmland is in north because of the water. In south Alentejo have now olive fields and grapes fields because of the Alqueva dam which is recent. Douro region is one of the oldest regions to produce wine in world, actually the French wine regions are a copy of Douro wine region. In South the lands are in the hands of few people, historically because the regions are not much fertile, the opposite of the north. U are right when u say north have more industries, but has nothing to do with agriculture, rocks or emigration as u say (LOL). Mateus Rose a Sogrape wine was the most sold wine in the world few years ago. And this is only wine, and I can talk about olive oil, almonds, chestnuts, nuts, corn, potato, and many other products which are traditionally grown in the north.

@Carlos Saraiva Sorry.. my comment is for Jorge Amador.

@@JP-vz2iy You mustn´t forget the so-called "barros de Beja", some of the most fertile land to grow wheat. In the north you have many small pieces of rocky land where you can only have cattle and a small production of vegetables for the family. If you go to Trás-os-Montes you will figure out how mountaneous it is. Besides it's too cold to grow fruit. On the west, Alcobaça region for example, is where you find most fruit and vegetables, and in Lezíria do Ribatejo, too. In Alentejo is where most olive oil is produced.

@@anaramos2802 You couldn't be more wrong about the north. Alentejo as u know was made by the last Republic and with severe consequences to the region soil. U are right when u talk about Alcobaça but is center and lezirias is on the border between center and south. Alentejo have now and is recent, olive oil production in large scale (intensive and super intensive agriculture) made by large companies which are consuming all water from Alqueva. I know specially well agriculture in Trás-os-Montes and If u go there u can see agriculture as u never saw... Vineyards are like gardens and is the only place in the planet u can see that. Alentejo just have more than wheat just a couple of years, since Alqueva dam. If u visit the north u can see all green every time of the year. U can't have agricultural without water that is the first law for agriculture. Many of agriculture products u know as "tomate coração de boi" are original from Douro region. I have already given examples to prove you are wrong. I am not saying bad about the south or other regions from center or south as alentejo, Beiras or Ribatejo.. in fact I know well all Portugal, and I really like alentejo to spend my vacations. I can talk about "vale da Vilariça" in the past was the place to grow fruits as melon and others to feed the country with fruit. Apples, cherries, oranges like Algarve Douro region have orange tradition, an infinite products including fruits, cereals, potato, and fresh vegetables. U don't have idea! U touch the point of the cold... For your information to grow some products, as olives, apples, grapes, almonds, nuts, and many others is imperative a cold weather. You are talking again about "rocks".. U know why Alentejo don't have rocks? Because they all moved to Lisbon! (Just messing with u..) I am sorry but Portugal is not only Lisbon, is so much than that... Clearly u need spend some time knowing your country better..

The main reason has nothing to do with what you said. Textile industry needs huge volumes of water, especially the dye industry. If you need a lot of water, you need to install your factory where you have it, and in Portugal it must be in the north.

Yes, that would make a very weird but nice video.

My town❤🖤

Ahahaha imagine when he tries morcela 😂😂

A estrema dura é a melhor região para o Bacalhau. éééééééé melhor calar-me :-|)

full agree

Viana do Castelo, Ponte de Lima, Gerês e muitas outra vilas e sitios antes de irem a Braga. Pelo menos na minha opnião.

Subscrevo! As Nicolinas sao algo do outro mundo! Do Pinheiro às Maçãzinhas, às Moinas, ao Pregaoy! Quem puder vir a Guimarães de 29/11 a 6/12, super hiper recomendo também 😍

@Carlos Saraiva Sure a generalisation is always inaccurate but that is the stereotype

@Carlos Saraiva think is pretty accurate above all

Thanks my friend!

Stop saying that Portugal is underrated, Portugal won the World Travel Awards several times as best place to visit in the world, Madeira islands as best islands in the world and ranks number one as best place to retire on the Forbes worldwide list.

@@Jesuscger - I meant no offense there guy. By "underrated" I meant enough people do not know how amazing Portugal is. Especially citizens of the USA. If you ask most people here what countries would be on their bucket list, I doubt Portugal would be on it or even know where it is , simply out of ignorance. And that is a good thing, believe me. You don't want Americans finding out what Portugal has to offer and invading it with their American arrogance. I am sure Europeans are very knowledgeable about Portugal and all it has to offer.

That's why people don't need to exagerat in complementing us. Shhhhhu let's keep it low profile hehehe a soft complement is enougf :) We "send" the mass tourist and hooligans to Spain... and keep the nice ones (families; retired people, etc) to us. Well not always we achive this, especialy in the last few years. But hotels raise their prices if they have too to avoid the drunken hooligans. Portugal is a family friendly let's keep it that way

Guimarães is simply amazing!

@@stayclassyvlog yhea

And the Portuguese people are nicer 👍🙂

Carlos Saraiva yes,and it’s good