Category Archives: Portugal

After all those foot – weary (albeit very interesting) days of exploring castles and the ‘old towns’ of the Alentejo region of Portugal, a few days on the Alentejan coast is the perfect remedy.
We have rented a cottage near to the resort of Zambujeira Do Mar. (Not to be confused with the cunningly named Zambujeira [...]

Setting out to cross Portugal yesterday, we knew that somewhere along the way we would be saying a sad goodbye to the beautiful cork oak area of the country. We were heading for the southernmost part of the Alentejan coast, a place, we are told, of cliffs and wild beaches as well as some popular [...]

Monsaraz
This little hilltop town is not exactly on the ‘beaten track’; situated deep into Alentejo country and overlooking the Spanish border it is safe to say that the average visitor to Portugal would not just happen to be passing by. However, plenty of tourists make it to the town of Evora and with just a [...]

We left behind the coastline of the eastern Algarve and headed north, close to the Spanish border at Castro Marim. We passed by the sign to Alcoutim, not because we had no interest in the fortified border town but because there are so many interesting, historical towns, topped with forts and castles that we would [...]

Whatever the choice of holiday/travel accommodation there are bound to be niggles; accept that beforehand and you are in for a much more relaxed stay.
We have found, no matter what kind of accommodation (Hotel room, B&B, rental house), the problem is this; other people cannot get it exactly right just for you. If you are [...]

There is an interesting set up on the coast of the Eastern Algarve. From Olhao almost to the Spanish border a strip of marshes, salt pans and outer islands ring the coast. This unusual coastline means that the expected strip of yellow sand and beach umbrellas is not evident on arrival in coastal towns such [...]