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Tag Archives: Portugal
The BEST 15 Reasons for visiting Portugal
This short film shows everything that Portugal epitomizes in the wonderful variety of attractions that this small country has to offer never ceasing to amaze those who visit here. The Monuments Architecture Artistic Tiles Culture World Heritage Nature Landscapes Portuguese … Continue reading
Walking the Braga Route from Porto to Santiago Compostela
When local nature walking club, Terra Verde, decided to plan another walk to Santiago but this time passing through a lesser known route via Braga, I decided that I had to join them. This walk would also take in the … Continue reading
The Coastal Walk from Porto to Santiago Compostela – Part 10
After spending the night at a small hotel in Pontevedra, we all (80 trekkers) awoke to a greyish day to continue the second sector (Sunday) of our two day walk over the end of May weekend to our destination of Caldas de … Continue reading
The Coastal Walk from Porto to Santiago Compostela – Part 9
Thanks to our Terra Verde friends, a group of 80 people once again gathered together for the 9th and 10th sectors of our coastal walk last month from Porto to Santiago de Compostela. There was a huge air of excitement this … Continue reading
Discovering One of Northern Portugal’s Secrets
There is a small and very charming village called Provesende, lying within the Douro demarcated wine region, in the county of Sabrosa (northern Portugal), which is an absolute must to visit. Sabrosa incidently is the birthplace (cerca 1480) of the famous Portuguese … Continue reading
Wandering the Streets of Porto
Last month the city of Porto was nominated “Best European Destination 2012” winning the title from over 19 major European cities and it has so much to offer! Voting for this competition was online with the participation of over 210,000 … Continue reading
The Coastal Walk from Porto to Santiago Compostela – Part 6
February had been particularly dry and quite mild here in Portugal and it was exactly this sort of weather that we faced on February 26th for the 6th sector of our walk – Oia to Baiona in Spain. Once again our … Continue reading
The Coastal Walk from Porto to Santiago Compostela – Part 5
An extremely icy and early morning start from Porto at 7.00 a.m. wasn’t the slightest deterrent for the 115 participants and our new 4 legged participant Nino, in Terra Verde’s 5th sector of the Coastal Walk, which this time promised … Continue reading
Talking About Doors
Doors, doors, doors – they’re all around us and I am totally fascinated by them! Throughout Portugal driving through any city, town, village or country area, there will always be an interesting door to see. The astounding array of them embellishing the old monuments, … Continue reading
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