Lessons from Portugal
1. Check the holidays, or at least ask your friends! The person who informed me that I would be missing the festival of Sao Joao in Porto was the same …
How to get from Porto to Denver, Colorado* with Sata Airlines
*with a stop in Cedar City to pick up a car IN THEORY A fairly long and hectic trip, but a backpacker’s gotta do what a backpacker’s gotta do. Take …
Port wine tasting at Calem
I know just about nothing about wine, but I couldn’t visit Porto without trying some port wine. All of the port wine producers are next to the Douro river on …
Festival of Sao Joao in Porto
After having a blast in Lisbon during the festival of Santo Antonio, I heard that Porto had similar festivities two weeks later, on June 23rd. I already had tickets to …
Porto, Portugal
My second stop in Portugal, not counting the Azores, was Porto: Portugal’s second-largest city and the home of port wine. It has many similarities to Lisbon (the riverbank location, the …
Angra do Heroismo
With some time to explore more of the Azores, I hopped over to Terceira, the third largest island with the second highest population. (By “hopped,” I mean actually “took a …
Whale and dolphin watching in Sao Miguel
Whale watching is one of the top things to do in Sao Miguel, but I was hesitant because I already went whale watching in Mirissa, Sri Lanka. Sure, there are …
The Natural Wonders of Sao Miguel
With its lush green plants and clear turquoise waters, every picture I saw of Sao Miguel and the Azores was more gorgeous than the last. Finally time to see the …
Arrival in Sao Miguel and Azores Tips
When researching where to go in Portugal, the Azores islands immediately caught my eye. The Azores are a cluster of 9 islands out in the Atlantic, about a quarter of …
Sao Jorge Castle
As the “City of Seven Hills,” Lisbon has several miradouros, or viewpoints. The best, however, is from the Sao Jorge Castle, situated on a high point on top of the …