Figueira da Foz, Portugal Travel Blogs

Franz Ferdinand!
Aug 14, 2006

... left Porto with a grand plan, we just picked out a spot on the map and it ended up being this place called Figueira da Foz but i couldnt remember that so i renamed the joint to Franz Ferdinand, sure much disrespect to the locals culture and history, but ...

Back to the Beach
Aug 23, 2007

... DVD's you could watch.  Since the beach was a no go, and there really wasn't anything else to do in Figueira Da Foz (pronounced Fosh) we started drinking with some of the other people staying there.  There was a balance trainer there, a wooden ...

Im so unfit so so unfit, but got a cool beer belly
Aug 16, 2006

We left Porto and as i said where trying to make our way down the coast so next stop was Figueira da Foz. Rolled into town found our hostel who was run by Ben from England cool guy plus they did a TV show about him and setting up the hostel. Its called the ...

Fig Foz
Apr 28, 2009 (17 photos)

It's amazing how a bit of sunshine lifts the spirits and makes everything look better! Our new campsite, at Figueira da Foz, on the coast about 125 miles north of Lisbon, was just what we needed.  Set in pine trees behind the dunes, it was peaceful ...

Day 16 to 19 - June 7 to 10 - Figueira
Jun 14, 2008 (61 photos)

Before I make this entry, I have to note that I cannot remember hospitality of this measure. Ever since our arrival in Portugal, we have been served hand and foot. If I get up, two people jump to their feet to see what they can get for me. Nasser, Salima, ...

The Atlantic
Apr 2, 2009 (5 photos)

We had our longest journey -should have been 7 hrs but turned out to be 10 after the highway was closed. We had lunch in Salamanca and I want to go back. Superb architecture and one of the oldest universities in Europe with signs of ...

Figueira De Foz
Apr 4, 2007

Portugal people are really crazy

Further Down the Coast
Oct 25, 2009 (4 photos)

Arrived after a short uneventful journey. Campsite similar. Weather changeable. Tourist sites do not always live up to the flowery language used in the brochures eg. "Musicological Nucleus of the Salt" turned out to be a Musee de Sel. We did not go. & ...

To Figueira da Foz
Jun 28, 2007 (7 photos)

... to visit my friends in Coimbra. I drove to Coimbra to pick up Raul and we went on to his parents vacation appartement in Figueira da Foz. Here we went out for dinner with Rosa, got drunk one night and went to the beach twice! On sunday we went back to ...