ABOUT THE PROJECT
About Navega Portugal
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An independent guide, place by place
Navega Portugal is an independent editorial project about the flavours, places, traditions, trails and ways of travelling across mainland Portugal and its islands. Its purpose is to bring together useful, contextual information and help each visitor understand the connection between a speciality and the territory where it is prepared, produced or celebrated.
Project owner
Alexandra Mourato created and maintains Navega Portugal. She is responsible for researching, selecting, writing, translating and reviewing the published editorial content.
The project does not present promotional copy as independent research, nor does it claim an exclusive origin for regional traditions when the available sources do not support that conclusion.
How research and review work
Research starts, whenever possible, with official and identifiable sources: protected-designation registers, public heritage inventories, municipal or regional documentation, cultural bodies, product specifications, and identifiable historical or academic research. Information is compared before it is summarised in original wording.
Each review checks the clarity of the territorial connection, consistency between Portuguese and English, ingredients where applicable, source validity, and the presence of repeated or provisional content. Specialities that do not meet the criteria remain as entries in catalogues and guides without generating an individual page.
Sources on each page
Speciality pages that meet the indexing criteria display their sources directly alongside the content. The methodology explains which types of source are accepted, but it does not replace the references used for each subject.
Submit a correction
If you find an error, include the page, the current information, your suggested correction and a verifiable source. The suggestion is compared with the sources already used; once the change is confirmed, the text and editorial review date are updated.
Send a correction by email or use the suggestions and partnerships page.