Trip: 2022 June: Lisbon; Porto; Coimbra; Evora Travel Journal

Barring an unexpected cancellation of my flight tomorrow, today is the last full day of my first visit to Portugal. I spent it at the...

I left Évora late this morning by train and I arrived back in Lisbon, where I started this trip, early this afternoon. I’m here for...

Today was a relaxing day. I took a tour to Monsaraz and then came back to Évora, where I visited the town hall and did...

The walking around referred to in the title of this entry took place before, after, and between the visits to the sights I describe in...

As I explained in my first entry on Coimbra, today I had a half day in Coimbra that was not in my original plans. I...

My activities today included visits to the Conímbriga Roman Ruins and the University of Coimbra. You’d think if I spent a couple of hours wandering...

Coimbra greeted me with light rain. I’m sure the rain is not an omen of unpleasant things to come. Kind of sure. Sort of. Well,...

Today, I took a small-bus tour from Porto that included sights in the nearby cities of Braga and Guimarães. I found both cities to be...

We didn’t pack a lot of activities into today. We visited one of the top-ranked sights of Porto, the Palácio da Bolsa, took a trolley...

Today we took a long cruise up the Douro River. It carried us from Porto to the “village” of Pinão. I’ll explain why “village” is...