Routes
one day, one plan, one place that stays with you
Cova da Beira with kids on board
Vicentina off-season, from Porto Covo to Sagres
You're going north to south, with the Atlantic on your right the whole way. The Costa Vicentina is the wild strip running from Sines down to Sagres, and the mistake is trying to do it in the middle (...)
Algarve in August, but without the mess
Two hours of parking a day. Twenty minutes unrolling your towel between strangers. Thirty-five degrees in shade that isn't there. Somewhere between the third and fourth day of this routine, any (...)
Sintra without the Pena (and it's better that way)
You did what everyone does: you assumed the Pena was Sintra. The line of cars you saw 4 km from the entrance is the result of half a million people reaching the same conclusion on the same day. The (...)
Porto without the Ribeira
The Ribeira is always there. It doesn't need you. This route ignores it on purpose and stays in the parts of the city that still breathe without being a set: Cedofeita, the Aliados axis, the guts of (...)
