How to spend 48 hours in Lisbon: Two-day itinerary
Lisbon is my home and in just a weekend here you’ll only scratch the surface. Lisbon is the second oldest capital city in Europe (after Athens) and there are so many secrets and gems to uncover.…
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20 things to do in Évora, the Alentejo capital
History doesn’t have to be something you experience only in textbooks. In Évora you can touch, taste, and experience the marks left by ancient civilisations. From the remains of a Roman temple to the grandeur of…
31 best things to do in Sintra
Sintra is Lisbon’s best day trip, for sure. Each year millions of visitors flock to the UNESCO World Heritage Sintra village to explore enchanting 19th-century palaces and eat a travesseiro. But there’s much more to do…
Lisbon’s best day trip: Sintra 1 or 2-day itinerary
I always say Sintra is Lisbon’s best day trip and encourage anyone visiting me here in the Portuguese capital to take at least a day to explore. Fairytale palaces, dense mystical forest, charming villages, oversized mossy…
Portugal Road Trip: Where to stop between Lisbon and Lagos, Algarve
If you have at least five days or even a week in Portugal, you might like to skip south and explore two regions – the capital, Lisbon, and Lagos on the sunny Algarve coast. While you…
11 best things to do and see in Aveiro
Portugal’s sixth largest city has ended up with an unfortunate nickname: the Venice of Portugal. Aveiro is a beautiful, charming little city but it’s not Venice and if you arrive expecting endless canals and a romantic…