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Portuguese castels - Castel of Leiria

29 Sep 2020 1 minute read 4 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 to...

Travelling in Corona time - Cyprus part 01

29 Sep 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Otek

At the begging on September me and my lovely wife have an anniversary. As we are a travel lover - every year we making an anniversary trip to some interesting place. This year for Coronavirus reason we are wondering if it will be possible and what is...

Portuguese monuments - Old Cathedral of Coimbra

28 Sep 2020 2 minute read 0 comments portugal

Where the second king of Portugal was crowned. Coimbra has been the episcopal seat since the V century, succeeding neighboring Conímbriga. Despite its long history, there is no news of the cathedral until the construction of the Cathedral of Santa Ma...

Trip #1 Through Macro World in Santa Justa Sierra | Portugal

27 Sep 2020 2 minute read 4 comments aleister

I loved being able to travel to other places, continue mapping the north coast of Portugal along the municipality of Matosinhos, and head towards Spain, following the path along the coastal zone and perhaps ending in Santiago de Compostela, but mean...

Portuguese trip - Funicular of guindais, Porto

27 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments portugal

Given the rugged configuration of the city, cascading down from the hills of Sé, Batalha or Vitória, it was not always easy to climb from the bottom of the riverside area where the bulk of commercial life unfolded, always combined with the river and...

Trip to Três Fojos Sagrados - Santa Justa | Portugal

26 Sep 2020 1 minute read 1 comment aleister

It was not today, nor was it yesterday, it was one of these days that we went for another walk along one of the trails through the Santa Justa mountain range that we have been doing lately when we took the opportunity to leave the house and walk on...

Portuguese Monuments - S.Bento Station, Porto

26 Sep 2020 1 minute read 2 comments portugal

The S.Bento Station building is of French influence. In 2010, the station was restored and maintained, and in 2011 it was considered one of the most beautiful stations in the world by Travel Leisure magazine. Old S.Bento Station   The S.Bento Stat...

Trip to Santa Justa Sierra - The Way Back - Valongo | Portugal

25 Sep 2020 2 minute read 0 comments aleister

Leaving the caves and the dam behind, it was time to return to the initial location and return to the shelter, but on the way back, we once again opted for an alternative path to the one that took us to that place where we were.So we opted for a pat...

Trip Through Dams and Caves - Santa Justa / Valongo | Portugal

25 Sep 2020 3 minute read 0 comments aleister

Guess where we're going today! That's right, one more trip around Santa Justa sierra, which has been our escape to get air and maintain social distance at the same time.Incredible how lucky we are, because it seems that with all this mountain that s...

Walk around Alexandria Park - "Trail over Rossyu"

25 Sep 2020 3 minute read 0 comments Andrii Androshchuk

Ukrainian trail races can be divided into mountain trails, which mainly take place in the Carpathians, and urban trails, which take place in the vicinity of various Ukrainian cities and towns. In most cases, the main distances of mountain trails are...