Camino Confidential

Five hours on a train is surprisingly tiring. It was a complicated journey with two changes:  We passed miles and miles of cork oaks. When t...

Praca do Giraldo. The square is named after Gerald the Fearless, the Christian knight who led a surprise attack and re-took Evora from the M...

This place seems to me to be quintessential Portugal. The narrow cobbled streets are a deterrent to cars, so they mostly remain as they have...

Four hectic days in Lisbon are over. I didn’t manage to see half of what was on my list. Never mind; Evora is such a contrast, an oasis of c...

I  had one more crack at those hills. I wanted to ride the famous Santa Justa Elevator and see the view from the top: The Elevator with the ...

The really smart people visit Lisbon in winter!  I left early again (the breakfast buffet is so tempting, though). I wanted to climb up behi...

This morning I discovered it was Portugal’s National Day. I knew this would have repercussions for my sightseeing plans. Firstly, there were...