Friday 2nd May 2025 We have travelled further north today, mostly on motorways, to the small and ancient town of Guimarães which is another UNESCO World Heritage Site. They have a castle (as you might expect), a basilica and a Duke's Palace. View from St Peter's Basilica in the city centre. We first visited the …
Portugal Trip 25: Costa Nova
Thursday 1st May 2025 We arrived at this small coastal town last evening and parked-up in a designated park-up at 5€ per night. The area is very pleasant and seems to draw tourists in as there are a lot of motorhomes around. It is probably a bit busier than normal as today is the Labour …
Portugal Trip 24: Tomar
Wednesday 30th April 2025 We spent the night at a motorhome park-up in the larger town of Tomar. Another free aire which included services (not electricity). It rained heavily the following morning which left the site in a bit of a squelchy mess, but no major problems. Tomar on a very rainy morning. The ancient …
Portugal Trip 23: Batalha Monastery, Grutas da Moeda (Coin Caves) and The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima.
Tuesday 29th April 2025 Heading generally north-east ish, towards our overnight location at Tomar, we called in at a couple of other places, but first, before leaving Batalha we explored the Monastery. Batalha Monastery: We had walked around the outside last evening, but as it was closed we returned this morning, to see inside: This …
Portugal Trip 22: Óbidos and Alcobaça
Monday 28th April 2025 After our trip up the coast yesterday, we have today travelled further north and inland to visit a couple of small but picturesque towns, Óbidos and Alcobaça. There was, however, a bit of a problem. Today, there has been a complete power outage, which apparently has affected much of both Spain and …
Portugal Trip 21: Cabo da Roca, Praia de Santa Rita and Cabo Carvoeiro.
Sunday 27th April 2025 Today was all about heading north up Portugal's Atlantic coast. We stopped in three places en-route. Cabo da Roca: Cabo da Roca is the most westerly point in mainland Europe. We had previously visited the most south western point of Portugal, Sagres Fortress, but this is further west. Cabo da Roca …
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Portugal Trip 20: Lisbon (2); Belém.
Saturday 26th April 2025 Today, we returned to Lisbon to take in a little more of the sights and sounds. On the way across the river, we saw two cruise liners, one of which, the "Norwegian Viva", we were able to see reasonably clearly and later also saw it leaving: The "Norwegian Viva" cruise liner, …
Portugal Trip 19: Lisbon (1)
Friday 25th April 2025 We chose to use the tram and ferry to reach Lisbon from our camping park-up. This enabled us to have a good look around on the way there, as we crossed the Tagus River. The ferry terminus is just opposite Lisbon Time Out Market, which is a combination of a produce …
Portugal Trip 18: Alentejo Litoral Caravan Park and Seixal Corroios
Thursday 24th April 2025 Today was really about the journey further north. We plan to spend a couple of nights near to Lisbon, so we are heading to an area just south of Portugal's capital with a view to travelling in for the day tomorrow. Our first choice of site, was unfortunately closed, so we …
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Portugal Trip 17: Odeceixe Beach, Cabo Sardão, and Vila Nova de Milfontes.
Wednesday 23rd April 2025 We had spent the night on a village motorhome park-up, at Odeceixe, which was fine. It cost 12€ including electricity and other services. The main problem we had was in getting to the site as the main N120 road was closed just outside the village and the diversion signs were to …
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