Bom Natal e Ótimo Ano Novo!
Portuguese love their holiday lights, but are not ostentatious in these displays. Here are some charming, but restrained, Lisbon street scenes from this holiday season. Click here to read the post.
Portuguese love their holiday lights, but are not ostentatious in these displays. Here are some charming, but restrained, Lisbon street scenes from this holiday season. Click here to read the post.
With the chance to visit different sorts of museums for free in Lisbon, we dove in to these three first, even though a museum might not be the first destination you think of during a…
A museum should offer a chance for discovery. Two "boutique" museums in Lisbon did just that for us, revealing the work of an artist and a poet - Pinheiro and Pessoa. Click here to read…
Three dramatic historical themes filled the Palace Pimenta rooms: how the republic emerged, the massive 1755 earthquake and renovation, the role of water in Lisbon. Click here to read the post.
On a bright, cold day our trip near Lisbon juxtaposed a huge palace and a snug fishing village, cheering us despite the oncoming pandemic lockdown. Click here to read the post.
You never know what you'll find when you turn a corner in Lisbon, perhaps a miracle man like Dr. Sousa Martins. Click here to read the post.
We love to traipse amid greenery in the wildly diverse parks of Lisbon. Here are three nice ones we visited on Sundays and the "green thought" each prompted. Click here to read the post.
It's easy to feel liberated and refreshed when the artful streets and hills of Lisbon are available. Click here to read the post.
Within a few meters walking in central Lisbon, one can turn back the time machine 2000 years, then fast forward to 800 years ago, before returning to recent times, the new city. Click here to…
When inside Queluz palace, peering at once private spaces and awed at public ones, or outside with its formal gardens and ornate canal, you feel quite regal. Click here to read the post.