Portuguese books & giftsfor adults and kids.

Colloquial Portuguese of Portugal

Barbara McIntyre & Sue Tyson-Ward

Step-by-step beginner course built around everyday dialogues, with audio.

Complete Portuguese (Teach Yourself)

Manuela Cook

A longer self-study course in European Portuguese, from beginner to intermediate.

Get Started in Portuguese (Teach Yourself)

Sue Tyson-Ward

A gentle first course for absolute beginners, in European Portuguese.

Português XXI 1

Ana Tavares

Classroom textbook for A1, widely used by language schools in Portugal.

Português XXI 2

Ana Tavares

The A2 book in the same series, the level asked for residence and citizenship.

Português XXI 3

Ana Tavares

Continue to B1 with the third book of the series.

Português em Foco 1

Lidel

Modern A1/A2 course from Lidel, the main Portuguese publisher for learners.

CIPLE (A2) exam preparation

Practice books for the CIPLE, the A2 exam accepted for Portuguese citizenship.

Gramática Ativa 1

Isabel Coimbra & Olga Mata Coimbra

Grammar explanations with exercises on the facing page, levels A1 to B1.

Gramática Ativa 2

Isabel Coimbra & Olga Mata Coimbra

The follow-up volume for B2 and C1.

Portuguese: An Essential Grammar

Amélia P. Hutchinson, Janet Lloyd & Cristina Sousa

Clear reference grammar in English that covers European Portuguese usage.

501 Portuguese Verbs

John J. Nitti & Michael J. Ferreira

Full conjugation tables for the most common verbs.

Collins Portuguese Dictionary

Two-way Portuguese–English dictionary in a handy size.

Oxford Portuguese Dictionary

Two-way dictionary that marks European and Brazilian differences.

Lonely Planet Portuguese Phrasebook & Dictionary

Pocket phrasebook for European Portuguese with pronunciation guides.

European Portuguese short stories

Easy readers and short-story collections written for learners.

Portuguese vocabulary flash cards

Printed cards for the words you need every day.

Portuguese keyboard stickers

Type ã, ç, é and õ without hunting for shortcuts.

Language learning notebook

A dedicated notebook for new words, verbs and phrases.

The Book of Disquiet

Fernando Pessoa

Pessoa’s famous fragments about life, dreams and Lisbon, translated by Richard Zenith.

Journey to Portugal

José Saramago

The Nobel laureate travels his own country village by village.

Blindness

José Saramago

Saramago’s best-known novel, about a city struck by sudden blindness.

The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis

José Saramago

One of Pessoa’s alter egos returns to a rainy 1930s Lisbon.

The Maias

Eça de Queirós

The great 19th-century novel of a Lisbon family, translated by Margaret Jull Costa.

The Lusíads

Luís Vaz de Camões

Portugal’s national epic poem about Vasco da Gama’s voyage to India.

The Land at the End of the World

António Lobo Antunes

A powerful novel about the colonial war in Angola and coming home.

Pereira Maintains

Antonio Tabucchi

A quiet journalist finds his courage in Lisbon in the summer of 1938.

Night Train to Lisbon

Pascal Mercier

A teacher leaves everything behind to follow a Portuguese writer’s life.

The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon

Richard Zimler

A murder mystery set during the Lisbon massacre of 1506.

The Night in Lisbon

Erich Maria Remarque

Refugees waiting for a ship out of Europe in wartime Lisbon.

The Portuguese: A Modern History

Barry Hatton

A readable portrait of modern Portugal and its people by a long-time Lisbon journalist.

Queen of the Sea: A History of Lisbon

Barry Hatton

The story of Lisbon from the Phoenicians to today.

Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire

Roger Crowley

The Age of Discoveries told like an adventure story.

A Concise History of Portugal

David Birmingham

The whole history of Portugal in one compact volume.

Portugal: A Companion History

José Hermano Saraiva

A short history by one of Portugal’s best-loved TV historians.

The Last Day

Nicholas Shrady

The 1755 Lisbon earthquake and how it shook Europe.

Salazar: The Dictator Who Refused to Die

Tom Gallagher

The life of the man who ruled Portugal for almost 40 years.

DK Eyewitness Portugal

Illustrated guide with maps, cutaways of monuments and itineraries.

Lonely Planet Portugal

Detailed guide to the whole country, from Minho to the Algarve.

Rick Steves Portugal

Practical itineraries and tips for first-time visitors, with a fold-out map.

Lonely Planet Lisbon

Neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood guide to Lisbon and day trips.

Lonely Planet Pocket Porto

Compact guide for a weekend in Porto and the Douro.

The Rough Guide to Portugal

In-depth guide with strong background on history and culture.

Fodor’s Essential Portugal

Full-colour guide with the highlights of each region.

Frommer’s Portugal

Complete guide to every region, with a fold-out map.

Camino Portugués guide

John Brierley

Stage-by-stage guide for walking the Portuguese Way to Santiago.

Walking in the Algarve

Cicerone

Walks along the cliffs, coast and hills of the Algarve.

Walking on Madeira

Cicerone

Levada walks and mountain routes on Madeira.

Lisboeta (US title: My Lisbon)

Nuno Mendes

Recipes from Lisbon’s tascas, markets and home kitchens.

Portugal: The Cookbook

Leandro Carreira

Hundreds of traditional recipes from every region of Portugal.

Portuguese Homestyle Cooking

Ana Patuleia Ortins

Family recipes the way Portuguese grandmothers make them.

The Food of Portugal

Jean Anderson

A classic collection of regional dishes with background on each.

The New Portuguese Table

David Leite

Traditional Portuguese flavours in recipes for today’s kitchen.

Easy Portuguese Cookbook

Simple recipes to bring the flavours of Portugal into your kitchen.

Taste of Portugal

Edite Vieira

A much-loved introduction to Portuguese home cooking.

First Thousand Words in Portuguese

Usborne

Busy picture scenes with a thousand everyday words to find and name.

Portuguese–English bilingual picture books

Stories printed in both languages on every page.

Portuguese picture dictionary for kids

Illustrated dictionaries organised by topic.

Portuguese alphabet flash cards

Colourful cards for learning letters and first words.

Portuguese books for toddlers

Board books and touch-and-feel books in Portuguese.

A Lagartinha Muito Comilona

Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar in Portuguese.

O Grúfalo

Julia Donaldson

The Gruffalo, with its famous rhymes, in Portuguese.

Adivinha o Quanto Eu Gosto de Ti

Sam McBratney

Guess How Much I Love You, a perfect bedtime book.

Onde Está o Wally?

Martin Handford

Where’s Wally? Hours of searching, and new words on every page.

O Principezinho

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Little Prince in its European Portuguese edition.

Diário de um Banana

Jeff Kinney

Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Funny enough to make reading in Portuguese feel easy.

A Menina do Mar

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

A Portuguese classic about a boy and a little girl who lives in the sea.

O Cavaleiro da Dinamarca

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

A Christmas journey across Europe, read in Portuguese schools for generations.

Uma Aventura

Ana Maria Magalhães & Isabel Alçada

The adventure series that generations of Portuguese children grew up with.

Kids’ travel guide to Portugal

Fun facts, puzzles and activities for young travellers.

Portugal books for kids

Picture books and fact books about the country, its history and animals.

Portugal colouring book

Colour in trams, azulejos, castles and the Galo de Barcelos.

Explorers of the Age of Discoveries

Children’s books about Vasco da Gama, Magellan and Henry the Navigator.

Ronaldo (Ultimate Football Heroes)

Matt & Tom Oldfield

The story of Cristiano Ronaldo, from Madeira to the world stage.

Portugal football shirt for kids

Kids’ sizes of the Seleção shirt.

Portugal football

Size 5 and kids’ size balls in Portugal colours.

Map of Portugal jigsaw puzzle

Learn the districts and cities piece by piece.

Lisbon tram model

A model of Lisbon’s famous yellow tram to build or display.

Galo de Barcelos

The colourful rooster, Portugal’s symbol of good luck.

Portuguese word games

Card and board games that practise Portuguese vocabulary.

Pastel de nata tins

Small fluted tins for baking custard tarts at home.

Copper cataplana

The clam-shaped pan from the Algarve for seafood stews.

Clay chouriço roaster

The traditional assador for flame-grilling chouriço at the table.

Bordallo Pinheiro cabbage ware

The famous green cabbage-leaf plates and bowls from Caldas da Rainha.

Port wine glasses

Small tulip glasses for port and other dessert wines.

Portuguese sardines

Tinned sardines in olive oil, in Portugal’s famous colourful tins.

Portuguese tuna

Tuna fillets in olive oil from Portuguese canneries.

Delta coffee

The coffee brand you will find in almost every Portuguese café.

Portuguese olive oil

Extra virgin olive oil from Alentejo and Trás-os-Montes.

Piri-piri sauce

Portuguese chilli sauce for chicken, prawns and everything else.

Flor de sal

Hand-harvested sea salt from the salt pans of the Algarve and Aveiro.

Patterns of Portugal

Christine Chitnis

A beautiful photo book of Portuguese tiles, colours and architecture.

Azulejo tile coasters

Coasters with classic blue-and-white Portuguese tile patterns.

Azulejo wall and stair stickers

Give a kitchen or staircase a Portuguese tiled look in an afternoon.

Cork wallets & bags

Portugal produces about half of the world’s cork. Light, tough and vegan.

Claus Porto soap

Luxury soaps from Porto in their beautiful printed wrappers.

Lisbon & Porto prints

Posters of trams, tiles and city views.

Portugal flag

Flags in several sizes for match days and national holidays.

Amália Rodrigues

The Queen of Fado. Start with any “best of” collection.

Mariza

Today’s most famous fado voice.

Ana Moura

Fado mixed with pop and African rhythms.

Madredeus

The haunting Lisbon band from Wim Wenders’ film “Lisbon Story”.

Dulce Pontes

Home of the famous song “Canção do Mar”.

Portugal football shirt

Home and away shirts of the national team.

Portugal scarf

Red and green scarf for the stadium or the café.