Category: Portugal

  • Seven Hanging Valleys

    Seven Hanging Valleys

    8.9 kilometers of spectacular shoreline along the Seven Hanging Valleys trail, a lucky shared cab back, and a hazy-IPA-and-fish-tacos lunch at the Algarvian Brewery.

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  • An Apartment in Lisbon

    An Apartment in Lisbon

    Hair-clipper run and a long afternoon of video tours of Lisbon apartments. By evening we'd locked one in — steak and Freixinet to celebrate.

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  • A Day in Tavira

    A Day in Tavira

    Tavira's bakery and castle, the ferry across to Isla de Tavira (with a tuna-burger lunch at Xiri), Praia do Barril and the anchor cemetery, then Cacela Velha and Cabanas before a Tapas do Mundo dinner…

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  • Down to the Algarve

    Down to the Algarve

    Three days settling into Portimão — the Eurocar wait, an Irish Rover first night, eggs and salads at home, the lighthouse walk, and an overlook at the west end of Praia da Rocha.

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Where we are

Lisbon

May 2026 — home base for the rest of the year.

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