This is the list of “notes” covering our 2024 8-night trip to Portugal in late April into early May, we primarily visited the Porto and Lisbon regions and some in between. The posts are in reverse chronological order of our trip.
Note 44 – Reviewing Our Travel Experiences in Portugal
Sadly, our time in Portugal came to an end. We used Welcome Pickups (they operate in many cities world-wide we learned) again for our transportation to the airport and were pleased with their service. Communication with the driver was easy…
Keep readingNote 43 – Lisbon Day-Trip: Discovering the Magical UNESCO Heritage Site of Sintra and Coastal Delights
For our last full day in Lisbon, we decided to go out of town on a day-trip with our Tours By Locals guide Carla to the mountains and palaces of Sintra, the westernmost point in continental Europe, and the seaside…
Keep readingNote 42 – Discovering Lisbon’s Belém District
It is Sunday, May 5th, on our trip, and most of the museums and attractions in Lisbon are closed – except those in the Belém district to our west along the Tagus River. As we had researched this in advance,…
Keep readingNote 41 – Walking Old Town Lisbon
The apartment we rented in Lisbon was one block from Pink Street, near lots of restaurants and bars, but with the shutters closed we didn’t hear excessive noise while we slept. Its location is on the border of the Cais…
Keep readingNote 39 – Exploring Coimbra, Nazaré, and Óbidos with an Experienced Guide (Porto to Lisbon)
While researching tour guides on Tours By Locals for our days in Lisbon, we found a professionally licensed guide with over 25 years of experience that we thought we’d like, Carla C. She also offered transportation and guide services from…
Keep readingNote 38 – Douro Valley Visit
Day 3 of our Porto visit was our longest excursion of the trip as we boarded a tour boat for a leisurely cruise up the Douro River through two locks to Régua and the beginning of the Douro Valley wine…
Keep readingNote 37 – Portugal’s Roots – Braga & Guimarães
The Portuguese have a saying: “Braga prays, Coimbra studies, Porto works, and Lisbon gets the money and parties”. For our second full day in Porto, we scheduled a private tour north of Porto to the Minho region to find Portugal’s…
Keep readingNote 36 – Porto Means Port!
Continuing our afternoon, we had a late lunch at the restaurant recommended by José, Adega São Nicolau (meaning Winery on St. Nicholas Road). It’s really small and has some tables outside, but even though they had umbrellas, in the rain…
Keep readingNote 35 – Porto Morning Walking Tour
For our first full day in Porto, our plan was a morning walking tour Paula booked through Tours By Locals, then lunch, then across the bridge to Vila Nova de Gaia (usually just called Gaia) for a port house tour…
Keep readingNote 34 – Portugal Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Unlike our Iceland, Greenland, Canada cruise (Note 5 through Note 25), where I blogged almost every day, I’m writing about our Portugal trip after our return. It will probably be a few days between posts as I process all of…
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Notes By Nancy 