The Vinho Verde Route (literally, “green wine”) in the far northwest of Portugal leads us through a landscape that is also green, divided into small plots which occupy the whole Minho region and extend south to the river Vouga. V

Over the centuries many different peoples have occupied the land that is now Portugal, generating a meeting of many cultures and ways of living.

Benedetta imagined Portugal as a country facing out to sea, with a historical legacy imprinted on the stones and faces of the people.

Urban Sketchers have an eye and talent that give us a different perspective of places and highlight details that often go unnoticed.