Your favourite place in the world (outside of Ireland)

Basically, what place have you been to outside of Ireland that you love the most. It can be a city, a country, a region, a restaurant, a landmark, anything.

A place that stands out in my mind is the Alentejo, in Portugal. Basically the area between the Algarve and the city of Lisbon. Its far removed and quite remote, and very hot during the summer, but I loved the landscape of cork trees forests and vast, open plains. Most of it is basically rural, but what towns there are tend to be small, with picturesque white buildings and clay tiled roofs, small cafés and old churches. Very traditionally Portuguese, and far removed from the crowded streets of Lisbon and the Benidorm style resorts in the Algarve. I would love to go back some day and see more of it.

In terms of cities, my favourite was Barcelona. Apart from the humidity, it has a great atmosphere, good places to eat out and an abundance of places to visit (although the queue trying get into the Sagrada Familia is always massive).

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