Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th April 2025 On Saturday, we chose to have a cycle ride down as far as we could go, to the south eastern-most point of Portugal, then we cycled on to Monte Gordo, a resort town with a fine beach, about 5 Km away, which also has a fishing industry. Vila …
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Wednesday 16th April 2025 Heading further south, we called in at the small, medieval town of Mértola with its castle and narrow cobbled streets. There seems to be an abundance of this type of settlement down this eastern side of Portugal. Access to the town is via this high-level bridge over the Guadiana River. Located …
Tuesday 15th April 2025 Today, we have moved further south to the small settlement of São Domingos where we are staying on a paid motorhome park-up, for the princely sum of 7 € which includes electric hook up. Most of the way, we followed the N265, which was in a dreadful state of repair. Possibly …
Monday 14th April 2025 Leaving Monsaraz, we headed south down the reservoir, calling at Castello de Mourão, Luz, Estrella and the Alqueva Dam. Our route firstly took us across two long, multi-span bridges, the first of which you can see in the distance, in this image from yesterday's blog post: Castello de Mourão: As with …
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Saturday 12th April 2025 Today we travelled further south, to the larger town of Évora. On the way, we saw some storks, nesting on the top of telegraph poles: And just a little further on, we were diverted across a new, seemingly temporary bridge made of sewer pipes, as the old stone, eight arched bridge …
Friday 11th April 2025 In a complete contrast to yesterday's clear blue skies and 34 degree temperatures, today started overcast and cool, then as we set off further south, it began to rain. As we progressed, we passed through heavier patches and it did not actually stop until we reached our destination for the night, …
Thursday 10th April 2025 The Journey: After doing a little shopping in Torre do Moncorvo, we headed east along the N221 and then south taking a very scenic route towards our destination for the evening, Almeida. Along the way, we passed through Freixo De Espada à Cinta, which we viewed from a distance before driving …
Monday 18th December 2023 Olite, Aragon We were again not travelling far today, so decided to stop off en-route, at the small town of Olite in Aragon on the recommendation of our friends, Jeeves and Michelle, who had visited previously. Iglesia de San Pedro, Olite The City Council buildings Approach to the Palace The city …
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"See-u-Later" 