From our parking site next to the rowing club on the other side of the river, we walked into Coimbra over a pedestrian bridge and this is the first view …
Category: Destination reports
Conimbriga Roman settlement and its amazing mosaics
The ancient city of Conimbriga was one of the largest Roman settlement in Portugal. We arrived pretty late in the day and it was cold and gloomy. We could have …
Batalha Monastery including the unfinished chapels
The Monastery Of Batalha (literally the Monastery of the Battle) is a Dominican Convent which was originally and officially known as The Monastery of Saint Mary of the Victory. It …
Nazare- Surfers paradise!?
Some of the biggest waves in the world regularly turn up at Praia do Norte, Nazare, Portugal. We recently visited in early June 2019 when we spotted a wave that …
Alcobaca Monastery – resting place of the corpse Queen
We’ve seen a lot of big buildings in Portugal so far and the Alcobaca Monastery was not to be outdone. There is a very special reason to visit this monastery, …
Obidos walled town and cherry liqueur
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 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 …
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 …
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 …