Portugal Travel Stories Articles
Boatgirl #11: Lisbon, Portugal – Lisbon, PortugalIt’s almost worth the food poisoning to visit a place so proud of its exploring and seafaring heritage.
Anybody Wanna See Another Church – Porto, PortugalLeif Pettersen discovers there is much more to Por
Lively Lisbon – Lisbon, PortugalLeif Pettersen wanders Lisbon’s streets, exploring
Europe’s Castles: Find Your Own Camelot- Part 1: Castles of France and PortugalEurope’s Castles: Find Your Own Camelot
Part 1: Castles of France and Portugal
Before the castle days of Camelot in England with its round table politics and jousting, honorable knights, continental Europe was also building castles that were breathtaking. Wherever you traverse the European continent, somewhere a castle will find you. From the Portuguese Atlantic in [...]
Parking in New York or London? Easy. It’s hell in
Gothic Tales from Portugal – PortugalMurder, burnings at the stake, churches built out
The Big Trip #8
Week 15: More Port, please!
Route: Porto – Vitoria, Spain
87 kilometers
The best thing about visiting wine cellars and vineyards is that after
learning about the wine, you get to taste it for yourself. My problem,
though, is after I do the tasting, I forget most of what I learned earlier
about how the wine was made.
This was especially [...]
The Big Trip #7
Week 13: A bumpy road to Lisbon
Route: Sagres – Setubal – Lisbon – Sintra
238 kilometers
Heading north, we found we had fewer roads to choose from, and they weren’t
as well maintained as the ones in the big tourism areas in the southern
Algarve region. Surprisingly long stretches of road were paved with bumpy
cobblestones or filled with [...]
Week 11: Ahhh…Andulacia
Route: Tarifa – Vejer – Arcos – Sevilla – Tavira, Portugal
443 kilometers
Since returning to Europe from Morocco, the pace of our trip slowed down
quite a bit. Instead of setting the alarm for the morning, we got up when
the sun made our tent too hot for sleeping. Avoiding the larger roads
whenever possible, we [...]
