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Portugal's Alentejo has Europe's largest man-made lake

06 May 2011

THE TIMES
Portugal's Alentejo has Europe's largest man-made lake.

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We had hired the boat from Amieira marina, the only marina on the 96 square miles (250 km) of the Grande Lago Alqueva, the largest man-made lake in Europe. It's in the heart of the Alentejo, Portugal's hottest, driest and emptiest region, which from May 22 wiil be linked to London via a new BMI flight to Beja, only 45 minutes from Amieira...

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