If you’re traveling to beautiful Portugal, be sure to pack your appetite. Thanks to its vast natural salt reserves and renowned pink salt of Setúbal, salted meats are a Portuguese forte. Specialty sausages and cured meats reflect different regions — in the northeast, smoked presunto hams, pickled salpicões pork sausage and spicy garlic sausage called alheiras are particularly popular.

In the Alentejo region, you can try sausages created from the local pata negra pig including painho, chouriço, morcela, cacholeira banca, lombo enguitado and farinheira. Let experts from locally owned and operated adventure outfitters including Tempo Sem Fim, Portugal Green Walks or Passeios e Companhia do the planning for you, customizing your exploration to include hiking, cycling, horseback riding, golf, archaeology treks or other activities that will help with any extra calories you may have indulged in along the way.