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September 2013

New for 2014 – Cycling & Hiking Adventures in the Western USA

Pure Adventures is putting the finishing touches on a new website to be launched in the coming days in which a whole new line of tours in the USA will be featured.   Since 1994, LRBF, parent company of Pure Adventures has been focused on selling Europe.  The company sold Discover France in 2012 in...
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Port Primer: pairing and enjoying Portugal’s favorite wine

Tawny, crusted, reserve, ruby and vintage are just the beginning! Did you know there are eleven style of Portugal‘s most famous fortified wine? Porto, produced from grapes grown and processed in the Douro Valley, is most often regarded as a sweet dessert wine though off-dry and white varieties are also produced in Portugal. The Portuguese feel so strongly...
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5 Fado Facts + the best places in Lisbon to experience it

Fado is traditional folk music popular in the Lisbon area of Portugal. Melancholy by nature, the music includes instruments like guitars and mandolins with one Fadista singing poetic lyrics related to darker elements of love, death and sadness. The music may, however, occasionally include some humor. If your late season travel includes Portugal, be sure sure...
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Souvenirs from France – Dordogne Gastronomy

Souvenirs from France – Dordogne Gastronomy     Located between the beautiful Loire Valley and the towering Pyrenees Mountains, the French department of Dordogne offers all the charm and ambiance visitors could expect from this elegant country.  In fact, there are over 1,500 castles in Dordogne alone as well as breathtakingly beautiful countryside and quaint,...
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