Our arrival back in Lisbon completed the loop of Portugal we’d begun more than two weeks earlier after landing in the early morning hours from Málaga. Portugal was a fabulous […]
Portugal
Sintra and Palácio Nacional da Pena
Sintra sits on the western outskirts of Lisbon and is home to the spectacular Palácio Nacional da Pena, a Disneyland-esque castle constructed on the order of King Ferdinand in 1842. The […]
The Douro Valley
The drive from Nazaré to the Douro Valley was just over three hours and Coimbra – a beautiful city some describe as an Oxford type town – worked out to […]
Porto
Porto was an easy day trip from our digs in the Douro wine region of Portugal, a picturesque drive through UNESCO World Heritage terraces flanking the River Douro as it […]
Nazaré and the Monasteries of Leiria
Nazaré is very famous in the surfing world for the monstrous waves that pound its coastline a few times a year in the winter months. Both the male and female […]
Évora and Reguengos de Monsaraz
From The Algarve we had our sights set on Nazaré on Portugal’s central coast, but none of us had the appetite to drive the almost five hours between the two […]
The Algarve
Our luck chasing the sun finally ran our after our days on the Alentejo and Vicentina Coasts: everywhere on the Iberian Peninsula had rain the forecast following what looked to […]
The Alentejo and Vicentina Coasts
The last day of our time in Costa del Sol on Spain’s southern coast marked the expiry of our three month Eurail passes. Amazing to think we left California that […]