Portugal

Portugal · 05. Februar 2024

This will be the last blog post about Portugal. Before driving back to Spain I parked Sue at the IKEA and took the bus to the city centre of Porto. That was more relaxed than driving in the city as I did in Lisbon. The bus took around 30 minutes and I paid 2,50 Euro for a one-way ticket. I didn't do much research before so I just started walking around... Most famous are probably the old town Ribeira and the Ponte de Dom Luís I. I really liked Porto. Even though it was a bit busy due to the...

Portugal · 02. Februar 2024

When I knew that Carlos would fly to Porto to join me for my birthday, I did some research online to find out how we could spend these days together. Turns out that there is exactly ONE National Park in Portugal: Parque Nacional Peneda-Gerês. It's located 100 kilometres notheast of Porto and was created in 1971. After reading a bit about the National Park and looking at some pictures, I knew that this was the perfect place for us. Loads of nature, forests, waterfalls, natural pools. Exactly...

Portugal · 27. Januar 2024

Leaving Lisbon and the crazy traffic around this city, I started driving north to get to Porto. I had a few ideas where I wanted to stop on the way and also found some nice places by chance. But first I spent one sleepness night at the coast because of heavy wind and rain. It was so loud! The road, that had been bad the day before without rain, was even worse the next day. So many potholes and the main road was flooded! Puh. I was very happy when I made it to Ericeira safely! The town is quite...

Portugal · 23. Januar 2024

I am not a big city girl and I will never be! BUT... I am suffering from FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out). So passing Lisbon and not going into the city, was not an option. And Lisbon is a BIG city. Not as huge as other capitals but still big. 600 000 people are living there and 2,8 million if you include the surroundings. Mostly I was worried about driving there. I had a look for parking lots outside the city but even driving there was crazy. I am just not made for this :) My first stop was Almada,...

Portugal · 22. Januar 2024

The Fishermen's Trail is said to be one of the best coastal trails in the world. When I decided to go South, I also decided to walk parts of this trail. In total the Fishermen's Trail includes 226,5 kilometres. It starts in Sines and ends in Lagos. When I stayed at the Algarve last year I already did tiny parts of the trail. I walked from Lagos to Luz and I also did some hiking along the trail starting in Sagres. My first hike started close to Porto Covo. I just walked for 1,5 hours and then...

Portugal · 18. Januar 2024

Starting the new year in Portugal was a very good decision! Leaving Spain in the morning with rainy and foggy weather, Portugal greeted me with sunny and warm weather. Surrounded by cork trees and blooming flowers it felt like spring!

Portugal · 18. August 2023

Als ich im Frühjahr das erste Mal an der Agarve war, wusste ich sofort, dass ich wiederkommen würde. Die Küste, das Meer, das besondere Licht. Für mich definitiv ein "Happy Place". Im Frühsommer war es dann soweit. Zuerst verbrachten wir zu zweit ein paar Tage in Sagres (wo wir auch schon das letzte Mal gewesen waren), danach war ich noch gut zwei Wochen alleine mit dem Rucksack unterwegs. Am besten gefallen hat es mir definitiv in Lagos. Weitere Stopps an der Küste waren Albufeira,...

Portugal · 18. März 2023

Es müssen nicht immer mehrere Wochen sein. Manchmal reichen auch ein paar Tage, um einen guten Eindruck von einem Land oder (in diesem Fall) einem Küstenabschnitt zu bekommen. Unser kleiner Roadtrip an die Algarve hat mir auf jeden Fall gezeigt, dass Portugal genau nach meinem Geschmack ist! Ich werde also definitiv wiederkommen :) Wir starteten in Sevilla und überquerten bei Huelva die Puente International del Guadiana, die Spanien und Portugal verbindet. Unseren ersten Stopp machten wir in...