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If you would like to spend a pleasant weekend in Lisbon and haven’t decided yet where to go, check our brief plan for your next weekend. According to the newspaper “The Telegraph” Lisbon is one of the cheapest capitals to spend your holidays in Europe. Lisbon is the only European capital located so close to […]

Beyond Lisbon, lies a wealth of day trip options. Some of the most rewarding tourist destinations can be reached within an hour of the city center, either by car, bus, or train. Surrounding Lisbon are ancient castles, sumptuous palaces, and a host of other historic monuments waiting to be discovered. Along the coast, you’ll find […]

The Jerónimos Monastery is the most impressive symbol of Portugal’s power and wealth during the Age of Discovery. King Manuel I built it in 1502 on the site of a hermitage founded by Prince Henry the Navigator, where Vasco da Gama and his crew spent their last night in Portugal in prayer before leaving for […]

Pena National Palace is perhaps one of the most iconic and best-known images of Portugal. Perched high on a hilltop above the romantic town of Sintra. The Pena Palace can be seen from as far away as Portugal’s capital on a clear day. Sintra leaves most visitors with a feeling of mystical enchantment. Its magical […]

Lisbon is a great destination for a long weekend escape: it’s a multicultural, passionate, multifaceted city, and it will conquer you with its mix of modern and old fashioned. So, what you must see in Lisbon? Here are what you need to include in your Portuguese itinerary. In this video you can see just small […]

Hells Mouth is an interesting cliff formation close to Cascais, which has been given an overly dramatic name of Hell’s Mouth. The ceaseless pounding of the Atlantic Ocean on the cliffs chiselled out a small cave, which subsequently collapsed forming a small bay and natural arch. In the summer these waves merely splash around in […]