While traveling through Portugal, safety precautions aren’t usually at the forefront of many travelers’ minds since the country has been listed as one of the safest in the world. Still, it’s better to go prepared for anything that can go wrong and know how to handle negative situations if or when they arise. Some tips will simply make...Read More
Let’s visit Santa Maria, a small place built between rocks and greenery and where he stayed, at José O’Neill’s house, Hans Christian Andersen, during his stay in Sintra. All the way to the Serra is a garden, where nature and art combine, being the most beautiful ride imaginable. At the top of the Serra,...Read More
On the morning of November 1st, All Saints’ Day, a violent earthquake took place in Lisbon, Setúbal and the Algarve. In the capital, where it reached the highest intensity (modernly believed to be Grade 9 on the Richter scale), it was accompanied by a tsunami with waves that appear to have reached 20 meters,...Read More
Touted as a modern metropolis to rival London and packed with places of interest, Lisbon is a city that is really going places. There is a plethora of history here, with tales of everything from Roman imperialists to exotic Berber pirates, Moorish builders to fierce Reconquista knights, all wrapped up in the grand palaces and...Read More
