The Office Is Closed
The Office Is Closed
As we ticked past the 2nd anniversary of our time with Buzz on loan from the lovely people at Laika and the Erwin Hymer Group, it seemed a good time to…
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With our time running out we decided to do the last of Portugal the northern Minho area quickly, largely as the weather was not looking good for a few days,…
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Dragging ourselves reluctantly away from the dreamy Douro we made our way north east to the riverside town of Amarante. Straddling the Rio Tamega, one of the Douro river’s tributaries,…
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It was time to head to the Douro Valley. A destination we’ve dreamed of since arriving in Portugal some weeks ago. Picturing lush green terraced vineyards, the river winding its…
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Ever since we watched the Timothy West & Prunella Scales trip down the Rio Douro (River of Gold) we have had Porto and the Douro Valley both UNESCO World Heritage…
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It was quite late in the day by the time we arrived in Aveiro. The Sat Nav had decided yet again to try to entertain herself by trying to send…
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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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