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Page 14 THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday April 1983 Portugals attracts yearround vacationers Thomson News Service Centuries ago even millennia ago Portugals southern coastal region was enticing outsiders The Phoenicians the Greeks the Car thaginians the Goths the Moors they all came saw and conquered this southernmost coast of western Europe before moving on Nowadays the province called the Aigarve attracts a yearround nonstop invasion of pleasure- seeking vacationers and so These invaders come mainly from the north from Britain West Germany and the Netherlands to find affordable sunshine and Canadians arent a major presence in the so far but their numbers are rising rapidly This must be one of the only tourist areas of Europe where we outnumber the Americans What lures northerners is a com bination of attractions The weather is generally pleasant averaging 3300 hours of sunshine annually because of warm breezes from Africa as well as mountain ranges that protect the Aigarve coast from northern winds The area has a rich history the result of its centuries of oc cupation by outside forces The areas hotels are plentiful and reasonably prices PRICE THE KEY But other regions of Europe can boast of a clement climate of a col orful past of creature comforts galore The secret of the success must surely be its price Frequent visitors may complain and do that prices In the region have been rising too fast for com fort but in Europe thats the case virtually everywhere a traveller might go As thousands of Canadians many of them retired tune discovered a winter holiday in the south of Portugal can be had for a manageable price As little as a day per person will get a fairly modest apartment and about daily is the going rate in some coastal towns for a good fully equipped apartment near the beaches Holiday prices are almost sure to be considerably lower than com parable accommodations in such popular snowbird destinations as the southern U S and the Carib bean Hence the growing move ment towards the Aigarve among Canadians who seek typically a respite of a month or two our winter weather For shorter stays the daily rate is naturally higher at the best hotels But such fivestar establishments as do and the oceanfront Hotel Aigarve where according to Director General Antonio Pierre and Margaret Trudeau honey mooned offer good value by any international standard GIVE AND TAKE There are compromises to be made of course where bargains are concerned While there are some scenic areas for example the wide white beaches near with their strange rock formations and grottoes the scenery on the whole can hardly be compared to say that of the pricey French Riviera Mythic legend The Real Life Aptitude Test notes Borgia daughter of Pope Alexander VI was a legend be fore her death in She married three times for political reasons and was rumored to be a murderess and meddler in state affairs In reality this rich and powerful woman gave of her time to charity work with children Life savings In 198b legislation moved daylight savings time up three weeks to the Sunday in April notes The World Almanac The US Department of Transportation estimated the earlier dJtc would save more that million in traffic accident costs and prevent more than injuries and deaths Tuesday April 18th Two Shows and Par Parson WEDNESDAYSATURDAY DUSTY KING JR May TRACKS Com Out To Norval For Soma Good Country Fun mi VAL 7741 Nor are mens works necessarily a tmng of beauty Expansion and construction have been rapid and until recently controlled poorly if at all The result is that too many highrise apartments are clustered together certain areas of the Aigarve coast On the other hand if it were not for all those recently built apartment blocks the cost of a lengthy sojourn would not be nearly as low as it is another com promise As well as apartment and hotel construction a boom in road- building is under way understan dable enough in an area that is becoming so popular with visitors but an obstacle nevertheless The provincial governor of the Cabnta Neto readily concedes that over development has been taking place in certain districts but points out that steps have finally been taken to control the pace of investment most of it foreign in tourist- related development at several locations Among the problems he cites are shortages of water and of labor and the urgency to expand the road system schools and hospitals The permanent popula tion is about 350000 but the number exceeds one million at the peak summer holiday periods AIR LINKS Access to Portugal and the has become significantly easier for Canadians within the past six months or so Air Canada rapidly expanding its network of European destinations added the Portuguese capital of Lisbon in with three departures weekly from Toronto and Montreal Its a half hour hop by domestic carrier from the capital to the Air Portugal TAP which was already flying from the two Cana dian cities to Lisbon launched a weekly non stop service to Faro on the Aigarve in mid February The state owned Portuguese airline and Air Canada both offer a wide selection of options for their passengers coach tours apart ments country inns bargain priced car rentals and the like As well both provide connec ting flights to Portugals neighbor Spain Canadian travellers should be aware that gasoline Is expensive in Portugal that streets and highways are heavily used and not always up to presentday Canadian standards that many Per tuguese drivers rely more on the use of the horn than the brake TRAVEL NOTEBOOK Here are notes on news of cut rent interest to travellers Air Canada this week launched a twiceweekly service from Mon treal to Nice on the French Riviera with an intermediate stop in London Departures are Fridays and Mondays Fridays and Sun days from April 23 with a third departure on Tuesdays between June 20 and Sept 5 the airlines subsidiary offers packages that include a choice of accommodation in Nice Can Monte Carlo and Corsica as well as London show tours of three or four days with a Nice extension Canadian funds will be cepted at par at the Wauwinet a luxe beachfront inn on Nantucket island Mass between April 20 and Oct 29 with the exception of the last weekend in May and all weekends from June 15 to Labor Day Daily room rates start at in spring and fall and at the summer peak True friends The Real Life Aptitude Test cites Butch Cassidy s friendship with the Sundance Kid as an example of tonic friendship As leader of the Wild Bunch a gang of outlaws at the turn of the century Cassidy s one close friend was Henry Longabough or the Sundance Kid These men were loyal to each other until the bitter end when they wereshot by Bolivian soldiers in 1902 Name origin Utah got its name from a Navajo word meaning upper or higher up as applied to a Shoshone tribe called Ute The Spanish form of the word is Yutta and the English or Utah Con rejected the name meaning land of honeybees from the Book of Mormon Its 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