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Visit Portugal - Melgaço

24 Jan 2020 1 minute read 5 comments portugal

The village of Melgaço belongs to the district of Viana do Castelo and has Spain right next door. It has a valuable historical heritage with traces since prehistory and the beauty of the natural landscape is sublime, were not Melgaço integrated in th...

Travel Portugal - Caminha

23 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments portugal

This village of northern Portugal, in the district of Viana do Castelo, was for a long time an important war point against the Spanish and French attacks. Today, other attributes stand out in Caminha: the sea and river beaches, the green hills, the t...

Travel Portugal - Portuguese Villages - Elvas

22 Jan 2020 1 minute read 2 comments portugal

Elvas, also nicknamed “Queen of the Border”, is one of the hidden pearls in the Alentejo streak. Due to its strategic position near the Spanish border, Elvas was marked by war. This military history can be revisited through a tour of the city's rich...

Portuguese castels - Castel of Leiria

21 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments portugal

The Castle of Leiria was ordered to be built by D. Afonso Henriques, as a way of establishing a defensive line against the Arabs, but his wars with Galicia made the Arabs take advantage of the displacement of the armies of the Portucalense County...

Portuguese Villages - Idanha-a-Velha, Castelo Branco

20 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments portugal

Idanha-a-Velha small village in the municipality of Castelo Branco. It occupies a place of enhancement in the context of the archaeological stations of the country. When you arrive at Idanha-a-Velha you can observe the monumentality of the walled fen...

Visit Portugal - Portuguese Coast, Beach Castro São Paio - Lavra

19 Jan 2020 1 minute read 6 comments portugal

The small hermitage from which we look at the beach for the first time divides two territories - the countryside and the beach: on one side agricultural implements and on the other, towels and sunbeds. In Beach Castro São Paio we are shrunken in a s...

Visit Portugal - Portuguese Coast, Peniche

18 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments portugal

Peniche is a seaside town full of culture, traditions and remarkable natural resources. This city is identified as located on a peninsula with 10 km of perimeter. The end of this peninsula is called Cabo Carvoeiro. Along the coast of Peniche you can...

Panama-city

18 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Ajaxjappie

My blog about Panama-city,I was there for work and beside that i am also a little bit tourist.The pictures in this post are mine and i have more of them posted on google maps as a local guide. I have a little problem to show my pictures in this artic...

Wandering Around Old Town Mombasa, Kenya

18 Jan 2020 2 minute read 2 comments joshman

The Old Town area of Mombasa is located on Mombasa Island in the same area as Fort Jesus.  Please check out my blog on Fort Jesus in case you missed it. To start out my tour of Old Town, I had my Uber driver drop me off at the famous elephant tusks. ...

Visit Portugal - Porto de Mós Castle

17 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments portugal

The Porto de Mós Castle was conquered in 1148 by D.Afonso Henriques to the Muslims and can be visited on a hill chosen for its construction. From this place you can see a beautiful landscape over the Serra dos Candeeiros and the Lena Valley. Its b...