Portugal - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

The Portuguese are impulsive, set in their ways, and resistant to change, but they are also charming, romantic, and nostalgic. Culture Smart! Portugal provides insight into Portuguese priorities and teaches how to blend in and make the most of a visit.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 26 January 2023
Publisher: Kuperard

Don't just see the sights get to know the people.Legend has it that when Caesar's general arrived on Portuguese soil in the first century CE, he claimed to have discovered a country blessed with a mild climate and a beautiful coastline, but whose inhabitants were ungoverned and ungovernable. Today, the Portuguese are still impulsive, set in their ways, and resistant to change, yet they are ever charming, romantic, and nostalgic, with an unshakable loyalty toward family and friends.Culture Smart! Portugal takes you beneath the surface of this fascinating country and shows you how to blend in and make the most of your visit. In these pages, you will gain insight into Portuguese priorities and learn how to tap into a helpful and resourceful nature that is often overlooked by the casual visitor. Beneath a sometimes vociferous manner, the Portuguese are laid-back and gentle, so slacken your pace, put away your watch, and enjoy the rich meals, lively festivals, and ancient traditions of this great land.

Weight: 205g
Dimension: 170 x 110 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781787023338
Edition number: Revised ed