Two different experiences across Portugal

A few years ago, my husband and I travelled to Portugal by car .
Portugal is a country that offers a great number of places to visit.

Its calm life style,  people's kindness and the fact that not having any comunication problems, makes you feel comfortable.

The food is excellent, the time is different.  There, it's an hour minus than in Spain.
The coffee is a very important drink.

The first place we visit was the capital, Lisbon.  The public transport is very good, we took the  twenty-eight tram and  it was a very practical and low-cost way to look and visit the whole city.

Also we visited Coimbra, which is an ancient city where the traveller easily falls in love with it.

We spent the night at the Fatima shrine, a mixture of devotion and shopping.

Batalha and its monastery is one of the most important gothic places in Portugal.

Nazaré is a fishing village, you can take the funicular and go up to an impressive viewpoint.

It's typical to see  people walking by the street dressed up on their regional garments.
Portugal is magic, worth a visit.
I hope to return soon.

      
 By Elena

My last holiday destination was Portugal. As a preamble, we visited Extremadura; Cáceres which was precious; Badajoz, a mixture of desolation, aridity....

From there, we went to Lisboa, Evora, Setubal...

Our entry into the capital was the most unusual one: an emergency because of a black fly bite on my ankle.  With pain in the body and feeling my bad luck, I had to endure five hours waiting at the hospital.

Then, to the hotel where I had a glorious rest.  The rest lasted a day and being already more relaxed, we went to see the city.

Lisbon is a very old and dirty city but with the charm of  "European Cuba ".
We also visited Porto and sailed along the Duero river.
Portugal, always old, always fallen.
But that's its identity card... you can like it or cannot.

By Esperanza