Obidos – a visit of two halves. I imagine if you get to Obidos early in the morning or much later in the day when the damned coach parties have …
Mafra Free Aire next to the palace
Read about our visit to Mafra Royal Palace and check out the pics here. Well, here you really couldn’t get a parking spot that was closer to the attraction you …
Mafra National Palace and Library
The Palace of Mafra, which also served as a Franciscan Friary, was built for the Queen of Portugal. The king promised to have a convent built for his wife if …
Our stats and expenses for June 2019
June was strange. We spent much of the time in Portugal and also in the north of Spain but despite what should have been summer, it really wasn’t. Early in …
2 day Itinerary for Sintra
Sintra is amazing – but it’s also manically busy, especially from Easter to September. So we’ve combined our trip diary from our visit (and just a tiny fraction of the …
Wild camping spots of the Algarve
NOTE – you can find the full sat nav details, see where they are on the map, and look up details of our notes for each of these and all …
Merida, Spain – everything Roman
We’d just finished a great few days site seeing in Evora and really enjoyed the amazing Roman history. We’d discussed moving onto Lisbon but only one of us was feeling …
Evora – Roman Temple, Aqueduct and Bones!
What a great time we had exploring all that Evora had to offer today. We used our moped which was awesome as we can go places cars just cannot fit …
Nano places to visit are still fun
Sometimes it’s not the most spectacular sights that make your day. Visiting the Alhambra, or the incredible cathedral in Seville may be high on a person’s ‘must-see’ list and make …
Walking in the footsteps of the Knights Templar in Castro Marim
Our first stop in Portugal was at the tiny town of Castro Marim. Nigel picked it for the historic castle which rises high above the town and overlooks the river …