Tuesday 6th May 2025 Today we returned to the coast. Firstly along the extreme west coast of Spain, north from a lovely fishing village called Muros, along the quite hilly road to the Faro de Fisterra (Finisterre lighthouse). Along the way, we saw some villages built alongside beautiful beaches. We stopped for a short while …
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Monday 5th May 2025 Santiago de Compostela is one of those bucket-list type of places. Famous as the destination of the Camino de Santiago ("The Way of St. James" in English) and the cathedral where the bones of St. James are reputed to be buried. Pazo de Raxoi (The Town Hall) a French neoclassical palace, …
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Sunday 4th May 2025 Today, after wishing our motorhoming buddies, Jeeves, Michelle and their cockapoo, Layla, a safe journey, we parted company at Ponte de Lima, as they took a more direct route back towards Santander for the ferry. We have moved further north and back to the coast, leaving Portugal for Spain. Perhaps future …
Saturday 3rd May 2025 Heading further north again today, we called at Bom Jesus do Monte en-route to our stop-over at Ponte de Lima, driving at times through heavy thunderstorm rainfall. Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte: This is a Roman Catholic religious site which is built on a hill, near to the city of …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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"See-u-Later" 