Halfway between Lisbon and Sintra, Queluz is a city in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. These western outskirts are mostly residential, but punctuating the new housing estates are royal and aristocratic …
Across the Tagus Estuary from Lisbon is Almada, a former industrial quarter that has been given a facelift since the 1990s. Today people make the crossing from the capital to …
A timeless city in Alentejo, Évora is a UNESCO Site steeped in Roman and medieval heritage. The city’s golden age came in the 1400s when Portugal’s kings chose it for …
In Central Portugal, Viseu is an old city of distinguished granite monuments on streets winding up to the magnificent cathedral square. Known as the Adro da Sé this plaza has …
The enormous Alentejo region takes up nearly all of the lower third of Portugal. This is a farming region of wheat fields that have been feeding the country since the …
In the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Amadora is a city within a metro ride of Portugal’s capital. As locations go, it’s very handy if you want to see the fine royal …
When you’re in the remote Atlantic Ocean on the same latitude as North Africa there are things that you wouldn’t expect to find in a European region. On the Madeira …
On the high banks of the Mondego River, Coimbra is a city with the oldest university in the country. The prestige of this school will hit you when you step …
Vizela is a spa town in Portugal’s Norte region, in a landscape of tall, coniferous hills capped with granite outcrops. The Romans were the first to take advantage of Vizela’s …
Among the hills, valleys and rivers of Portugal’s Norte Region, Penafiel is a mid-sized town with a surprising amount of things to do. This is a landscape that you have …