Food in Portugal

Monsaraz, Portugal: A Medieval Village in the Alentejo

Monsaraz is a tiny medieval hilltop village located close to the border with Spain. It's located in the eastern Alentejo region of Portugal and overlooks the Alqueva Lake with vast and...

Harvesting Season in Douro Valley

The harvest in the Douro Valley is an excellent way to live one of the highest moments to local people – it's time to pick the grapes. You can join a local family and participate in their work. Or...

Witness the Cycles of Nature, the Work and The Days in Douro Valley

The Portuguese Douro is a kind of an unpolished stone, proud of its imperfections, struggling to maintain them, in a way. There is this idea inside each one of us that there is no need to rush, time...

Summers in Benagil Caves to Escape “You Know Who”

We “planned” to travel a lot in 2020 but, as you all are well aware, sometimes things don't work out as planned. It's been a crazy year with a lot of our flight tickets cancelled. Still, we were...

The Best Beaches in Alvor, Algarve, Portugal

In Alvor, Algarve you really are spoiled for beaches. There are different styles of beaches depending on what you want. On one hand you have the beautiful and interesting coves of the Três Irmãos...

A Few of the Best Day Trips Away From Lisbon

We loved our 4 weeks in Lisbon and we thought the city was a great place to be in the week and on the weekends. We spent weekend afternoons wandering around the city, checking out the cute streets of...