At Oriente Station after 2 busy and eventful days in Lisboa. The minute the sun came out, our first impressions of the city changed. We had sunny days, yet with a windchill facto of about 12 degrees. Far too cold for this time of year...the locals will tell you. The Europeans generally are saying that this is the longest and coldest winter in living memory. For us ...as long as there is sunshine, sightseeing is great. Our impression of Lisboa has certainly chang...

Another exodus ... "To the people who work in this area the only solution is to emigrate, without ignoring the importance and urgency of the protection of the built patrimony, either in simple activities such as conservation, or in others with a larger scale that go from regeneration to rehabilitation. These actions are not a cost, but a sustainable investment. For that to happen, it's necessary the willpower to change the legislation on leasehold and rehabilita...

Porto or Oporto ...whichever you choose After our first Ryanair flight to Portugal and another user-friendly experience of the Porto Metro, we arrived at our little B&B in the middle of Porto....a traditional terrace house ...and our little room is right under the roof with a window overlooking the square below. It is just the way I imagined it ...quaint, small, authentic and with the added benefit of a small garden up a few flights of steps. Great ! Got a ...