Europe
Douro Valley, May 2026
Douro Valley can be reached by train, boat, or car. Instead of trying to navigate Douro Valley by myself, I chose to go with local
June 29, 2026
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Douro Valley can be reached by train, boat, or car. Instead of trying to navigate Douro Valley by myself, I chose to go with local
Porto is filled with churches and monuments and here are some of the ones I visited: Church of St Ildefonso Up the hill from Sao
I have visited Lisbon several times but this is the first time I ventured north to visit Porto which is about a 3-hour drive away.
Instead of taking the almost 3-hour train ride from Lisbon to Porto, I chose to go by car service with stops in Obidos, Coimbra, and
Had a free day in Lisbon so I decided to go out to Cascais, once a royal summer retreat for the Portuguese nobility, now the
A less visited but still beautiful palace in Sintra is the Monserrate Palace. This palace surrounded by beautiful gardens is a blend of Arabic, Gothic,
Sintra in Portugal became one of the first places to exemplify a new architectural style during the period of Romanticism in the 18th and 19th
Happy 2020 everyone! The first post of the year will be on one of my favorite places in Portugal 😃 Not far from Sintra Village
Bright and early today, I head out to Sintra on the Portuguese Riviera about half an hour west of Lisbon. Sintra is the epitome of
To the west of central Lisbon is Belem, home to the rich seafaring Portuguese heritage. This is where the great voyageurs of the 15th century
It must have been a good 20 years since I was last in Lisbon. To be honest, I didn’t think much of it back then
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