The Office Is Closed
The Office Is Closed
On our way to the University city of Coimbra we decided to break the journey up and stop at Leiria for the night as it had a large free parking…
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Batalha was our last port of call in the monastic triangle with a visit to the stately Mosteiro da Batalha, another UNESCO world heritage site and a masterpiece of Gothic…
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It just happened to be the Easter weekend when we visited one of Portugal’s most magnificent religious sites, the Convento de Cristo and Templar castle of Tomar. As part of…
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We began our short trip around Portugal’s UNESCO world heritage Monastic ensemble of Alcobaca, Tomar and Batalha with a visit to Alcobaca. We parked Buzz in a nice free aire…
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A few months ago our motorhome tour of Portugal took us up the Atlantic shoreline of the Algarve. Having been completely entranced by the beauty of the beaches, craggy cliffs…
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Ever since we met Rui, the Portugese man with his Russian girlfriend in Monsaraz, we’d been looking forward to going to Obidos. We met him during at a wine tasting…
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After a couple of town visits we like to get back to the countryside and it’s so easy to do here in the expansive Alentejo region. Much as we love…
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Having discovered Buzz could not stay overnight at Marvao we looked for somewhere close, deciding on Castelo de Vide. We had intended visiting anyway and as it turned out the…
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High up on a rocky plateau within the Serra de San Mamede natural park sits the tiny town of Marvao. Home to just 1,000 residents and surrounded by a 17th…
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We were treated to more lovely countryside scenery as our motorhome tour took us towards the historic town of Badajoz near the border with Portugal. The free aire was perfectly…
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