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Portugal Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Portugal
On the Edge
This is a top pick! ... outwardly friendly everywhere we went. It maybe a bit premature for such a bold statement, but even in just a couple of days Portugal has imposed a whole different feel to that of Spain. Things are a lot more laid back here and life seems to go on ...
The Faded Grandeur of Porto
This is a top pick! ... captivated by the ceiling lamps: massive 1 tonne iron sculptures with graceful organic motifs. Classical allegories representing Portugal's main trades and social activities were painted in warm earth tones and pastel colors along the ceilings and ...
Alter do Chao - Day 77
This is a top pick! Caught the bus this morning to Alter do Chao, a small town on the banks of the river Tapajos which is only a one hour bumpy bus ride away. The town has supposedly some of the finest river beaches in the world. Seen some pictures in Santarem and it does ...
Portuguese plans...
This is a top pick! ... see how this one works out for us. I write this entry from a campground outside of Salema, in the Algarve region of Portugal. Truth be told - I don't even know anyone who's ever been here. Until one of you email and tell me you've been ...
Princess Stays In A Castle
This is a top pick! Since we gave up our homestead in Tottenham, DH, aka She-Who-Must-be-Obeyed, aka The Princess, has been without a castle. And given that royalty without a castle for any significant length of time tend to start wars with everyone around them, it was just ...
what port is this?
This is a top pick! ... upside the head. That hostel was kinda drab too. Today I got the h*ll out of Lisboa and rode out to Evora (central Portugal). It's a cool little town with plenty of churches, some Roman ruins and an old aquaduct. I like the smaller towns with their ...
Suprise, its Porto..
This is a top pick! ... Travelogue) (months ago, im the organised one) and at 5.15 Friday night I found out I was going to Porto (in Portugal).. Pretty tiled Buildings, bridges galore, Port (not that i drink it) many many beautiful churches.. Our plane out was delayed ...
Lagos and the Algarve
This is a top pick! ... of Lagos and is filled with cliffs and grottos that provide the most stunning views stretching for almost the whole length of southern Portugal (see pictures and video). After the trek back, we headed out for more incredible food. This time it was ...
Exploring the Douro
This is a top pick! ... of a shirt for me and also some new shoes, extra cheap, from Springfield (the shop, not the town - the shoes are from Portugal). The girls headed home while I went to a traditional Internet café to see if they would let me plug in my computer to their ...
The End.... For Now!
This is a top pick! Lisboa... (or Lisbon to we who are too ignorant to speak a second language) found me totally unenthusiastic about going home to Marlow. With very little time there following a long overnight bus from Seville I slept most of the morning under the trees ...
A Port Day
This is a top pick! We all agreed in the beginning that we really didn't like port. But being in Porto and offered a free tour and tasting, how could we not partake? So like the troopers we were, Allison, Alexis, and I set out for Taylors one early morning to do our Porto ...
The 150
This is a top pick! Warning: Parental Guidance Recommended There is an old saying. Don't believe everything that you read. My parents were ten pound Poms. Because of this, I was lucky enough to be born with two passports. One Australian, and the other ...
Camino de Santiago, Day 1
This is a top pick! ... would show us the way to the border. We had walked a few of these streets before, so it was good to go back again. Portugal always amazes me, the old buildings, use to have so much glory, but now some are rotting, and the churches are awesome with their ...
Camino de Santiago, Day 2
This is a top pick! Camino de Portuguese, Day 2 - GPS Link In the morning, as we packed, we looked outside and the weather once again was doing funny things. The sun was out but you could see rain in the distance, so we packed as fast as we could, but were the last to leave ...
Camino de Santiago, Day 3
This is a top pick! ... up in their best, and every now and then, we see a priest with some others, they wish us Bom Camino, as you do in Portugal, and they ask us to kiss Jesus Christ. I do this even though it feels weird because I am half Jewish, half Catholic, but follow no ...
The Big Cock of Portugal
This is a top pick! ... blog, and as I had a free weekend coming up, I gave her a list of places that we could visit, tickets were booked, and Portugal was our destination. Day 1, Porto - GPS Link Having been to Porto a few times, Ilona was quite happy for me to take control. I ...
Madeira, Day 3
This is a top pick! Now after yesterdays walk, my legs were fucked and the only thing that we could do was walk out the pain, and as this island is covered in levadas, we decided to walk one, but before I tell you about it, basically a Nevada is a water canal which ...
Sintra
This is a top pick! ... us to the Pena Palace, five minutes further up the mountain. This amazing place, described as the finest example of Romantic architecture in Portugal (and who am I to argue) started life as a monastery but took its current form in the 19th century. It's a ...
Lagos to Porto
This is a top pick! We woke up to the most glorious day. With visions of spending the day lying on a beach not being fulfilled we headed for the bus station. It was an eight hour trip to Porto including a one hour stop in Lisbon waiting for our connection. We made our way ...
Just a Sniff of Lisbon
This is a top pick! Lisbon is a nice city, I think. The areas of Alfama and Baixa are filled with cobble roadways where tiny trams make their way up and down hills and around tight street corners. There are castles and churches and cafes; not to mention beautiful views of ...
Nearly Nine
This is a top pick! ... all these walled cities, and the only response from Lucy was, I don't remember seeing any of these, in fact, all I remember of Portugal was getting blind on Canadian Club !!! Oh I remember that one as well, when she suffered the next day. An elephant ...
Madeira, Day 4
This is a top pick! ... a while driving around in circles, we found our place, grabbed two rooms and hit the streets. It was once again, just like Portugal. For the capital of the island, it was pretty small, and like all good European cities, expensive, well for Portuguese ...
Fala Inglez?
This is a top pick! Ahhh, Lisbon. We arrived with no guide book and nowhere to stay as night was falling and speaking no Portuguese. There were tears, there were scenes, there was a moment when we thought we would have to sleep in the park with the homeless people ... but ...
Floresta National Park & Alter do Chao - Day 79
This is a top pick! Woke up this morning to the sound of a cockerel making a lot of noise. Sleep pretty well apart from the early wake-up call and surprisingly I haven't got one mosquito bite! I'm sleeping in an open hut in the Amazon with no mosquito net and I have no ...
The Little Proprietor
This is a top pick! ... a much longer route but one which passes through the National Park, giving us the opportunity to take in more of Portugal's coastal countryside. Passing through the town of Cercal we eventually reached Sines, a huge working port which occupies the ...
Crying over spilt blood in Lisbon
This is a top pick! The nearest campground to Lisbon is a forty five-minute train ride away, plus a bus ride to the station. It was either free camp or use the campground. Melanie was not as hard as Lucy and myself. Bit mad really, as it is far cheaper to free camp. We ...
Bones, beers and concrete
This is a top pick! ... hit the road again. We made our way to Lagos, this was meant to be or used to be a sleepy village on the corner of Portugal. We drove up to the campground, got a space and realised that the ground here was indeed harder than concrete, so Melanie would be ...
Belem
This is a top pick! I woke up to another fine day in Lisbon with no suitcase. I looked at my phone to find that it had run out of battery overnight. 'Oh no' I thought. The airport people have probably been trying desperately to reach me to explain why the suitcase never ...
Lolling around Lagos
This is a top pick! ... been eyeing up so we indulged. By now I was figuring we could put the finishing touch on our guide to the Indian restaurants of Portugal. Well, it was our third meal now. The Shalimar on Rua Candido Dos Reis was a good choice. With our bellies full, we ...