Alternative Algarve
Europe’s royalty favoured it, so did spies in the second World War. The resort of Estoril, just 30km from Lisbon, combines a beach holiday with a city break writes CIAN NIHILL
PERHAPS LESS widely known about than the Algarve, Estoril has been the destination of choice for European aristocracy ever since it became the Portuguese royal family’s summer residence in 1870. To this day it has retained an exclusive seaside holiday aura you won’t want to leave behind.