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title: "Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture"
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# Deep cultural dive Rich historical insights Immersive Portugal journey Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture

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## Summary

> 📖 Journey deeper than the map—Portugal like you’ve never seen it before!

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- **What is this?** Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture
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## Key Features

- • **Join the Insider Circle:** Join thousands of readers who’ve transformed their Portugal trips into unforgettable cultural journeys.
- • **Beyond the Tourist Trail:** Explore a million small places and untold histories that mainstream guides miss.
- • **Unlock Portugal’s Soul:** More than a guide—an intimate cultural odyssey with Nobel laureate José Saramago.
- • **Travel Smarter, Not Harder:** Perfect pre-trip companion to enrich your itinerary with authentic stories and hidden gems.
- • **Literary Genius Meets Wanderlust:** Experience Portugal through the eyes of a master storyteller for a truly unique perspective.

## Overview

Journey to Portugal by José Saramago is a richly detailed cultural and historical exploration of Portugal, blending literary brilliance with travel insights. Ideal for pre-travel reading, it offers an immersive experience beyond typical guides, revealing hidden gems and authentic stories that bring Portugal’s heritage vividly to life.

## Description

desertcart.com: Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture: 9780156007139: Saramago, José: Books

Review: Not a travel guide - Got used for a good price. Is lovingly written and full of information, but organized in such a way that unless you are following the exact itinerary, difficult to find pertinent information and too large and clumsy to be a travel guide. Good for pretravel background reading.
Review: Jornada em Portugal - My father-in- was Portuguese! Two years we started ou 2 week trip by car - from Lisbon up to San Tiago de Piaes - where he was born! I saw one mmm2 of Portugal - and said I had visited the country! Today I finished this book an read about at least a million smallish and great places - in the company of a genius Jose Saramago! Now I can say I REALlY visited Portugal! I loved the book and kiss the hand of this man!

## Features

- Journey to Portugal By Saramago Jose Hopkinson Amanda TRN Caistor Nick TRN Hopkinson Amanda Caistor Nick

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #123,940 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #15 in Historical Spain & Portugal Biographies #131 in Travel Writing Reference #495 in Author Biographies |
| Customer Reviews | 4.1 out of 5 stars 195 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Not a travel guide
*by G***M on December 8, 2025*

Got used for a good price. Is lovingly written and full of information, but organized in such a way that unless you are following the exact itinerary, difficult to find pertinent information and too large and clumsy to be a travel guide. Good for pretravel background reading.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Jornada em Portugal
*by O***N on September 27, 2024*

My father-in- was Portuguese! Two years we started ou 2 week trip by car - from Lisbon up to San Tiago de Piaes - where he was born! I saw one mmm2 of Portugal - and said I had visited the country! Today I finished this book an read about at least a million smallish and great places - in the company of a genius Jose Saramago! Now I can say I REALlY visited Portugal! I loved the book and kiss the hand of this man!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ NOT Bill Bryson
*by J***E on June 16, 2008*

This is Jose Saramago's spiritual journey through (primarily rural) Portugal. It's not a light-reading travel narrative. The feeling of this book is something of a cross between Henry Adams and James Michener. It's a book to read slowly and savor, in order to appreciate Saramago's tremendous metaphorical skill. He paints the picture slowly, with deliberate brush-strokes that reveal the masterpiece when viewed from a distance. Yes, his descriptions of churches, winding roads, rain and his seemingly unconscious cultural insecurity (his came from a poor family and was not a university graduate) can become tedious, but that's only if you don't grasp the larger picture: Portugal is a settled land with hundreds of years of historic layers. Saramago wants to peel those layers back for you to expose the core. Only the reader can decide if he's been successful.

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