Paradises regained: museum second looks
We share our not so secret pleasure at revisiting treasures at three of our favorite museums in Lisbon. For a touch of paradise, they are hard to beat. Click here to read the post.
We share our not so secret pleasure at revisiting treasures at three of our favorite museums in Lisbon. For a touch of paradise, they are hard to beat. Click here to read the post.
Though we didn’t plan to be here for the full year, every season in Lisbon brought its distinctive pleasures. Click here to read the post.
The quiet of a 20th century villa converted to a Ria Formosa nature reserve and also 2000-year old Roman villa, we find a buzz at a miniature Bethlehem that straddled the old and new. Click…
What could there possibly be to do in an area known for its beaches during a cold wet December week? Quite a lot, we found! Click here to read the post.
The Sagres' peninsula is exciting to visit because it still feels like that wind-smitten western limit of Europe from which Henry the Navigator launched so many exploratory ships. Click here to read the post.
We couldn’t figure out why we had skipped this engaging museum for so long, with all its old and new displays to learn from. We were glad we didn’t wait longer. Click here to read…
Undistracted within the marsh by the city just across the Tejo river or the busy bridge from it, we were diverted instead by all the shore birds and ducks. Click here to read the post.
Even in suboptimal conditions, we spied many deer and birds in the wild at Mafra’s Deer Park, a splendid forest haven once reserved for royalty. Click here to read the post.
São Roque was a shrine honoring a protector, then a heavenly 16th century church. Grand chapels enhanced it over time, but little of its rich history was lost. We were pleased to rediscover it. Click…
A surprise weekend brought us together with old friends, opened new sights in the western Algarve, and delivered a homey touch of Nepal. Click here to read the post.