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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel
Oliver Balch

Quinta-ssential Portugal: a campervan tour of farms, villages and flavours

Oliver Balch’s camper van.
Oliver Balch’s camper van. Photographs by Oliver Balch Photograph: Oliver Balch

As we pull up at the gate of Lavoura da Bouça, a huge but friendly mastiff is there to meet us. Behind him waddle a gaggle of noisy geese, followed by a scattering of sheep. In the back of our brightly coloured rental van, my two sons and their school friend look doubtful. Have we come to the right place?

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