Blog about Portugal, where you can find photos and more information about this beautiful country.
10 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments portugal
Idanha a Nova, a very special place for me. I got to know this area in 2002 due to a festival that exists in this place called Boom Festival, since then I have fallen in love with this location and whenever I can in summer I will visit to remember th...
9 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments portugal
Alto de Trevim, at 1200 meters above sea level, is a special place. On days with good visibility, it is possible to observe places as far away as Serra da Estrela, the Atlantic Ocean, Serra da Gardunha and Marvão. The ascent from Lousã starts next t...
8 Oct 2020 1 minute read 2 comments portugal
The city where I live is 11 km from the beautiful city of Porto. Since the lockdown, I’m not going to the city of Porto, to walk the streets, shop, work, etc… I miss it already, seeing the confusion, the people on the sidewalk, the tourists taking pi...
7 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments portugal
New training, now directions Couce but on the more complicated path because it is necessary to climb the Serra da Santa Justa. However, the objective was long and I had as a prize the excellent views that I was able to verify and demonstrate to you....
6 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments portugal
I'm already going to the third week in quarantine, I have work at home and my exits are only to go running on the mountain, in the serra da Santa Justa in Valongo. Today I decided to do a trail with a lot of climbs, in order to change a little the...
5 Oct 2020 1 minute read 2 comments portugal
The city of Valongo is close to the city of Porto, about 11 km on the motorway. The city of Valongo has beside it the highest mountain in the district of Porto. This village is located between Serra de Santa Justa and Serra de Pias and is bathed...
4 Oct 2020 1 minute read 4 comments portugal
S. Miguel Island is in the eastern part of the archipelago, has 137.699 inhabitants, just over half of the entire Azores population. The main economic activity on the island is the production of dairy products. Isolated in the Atlantic, it is ~2 hour...
3 Oct 2020 1 minute read 8 comments portugal
A few kilometers from Lisbon, Sintra enchants tourists with its imposing and beautiful palaces, surrounded by green forests. One of the most impressive is Quinta da Regaleira, also called the Palácio da Regaleira or Monteiro dos Milhões. It is locate...
2 Oct 2020 1 minute read 2 comments portugal
Near the place where the Batalha Monastery stands, on August 14, 1385, a decisive event for the consolidation of the Portuguese nation took place: D.João, Mestre de Avis and future king of Portugal, won the Castilian armies in the battle of Aljubarro...
1 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments portugal
The Convento de Cristo rises on top of a hill, within the walls of the Castle of the Templars, dominating the city of Tomar, Portugal. Both the castle and the convent were headquarters of the Templars in the year 1314 and the order of Christ in 1357....
