Badia Palace and Medina walking tour
18 maart 2023, Marokko ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
We met our city guide again this morning for a walking tour of the Medina, and a visit to Badia Palace.
We did the palace first to beat the crowds - a good move, as the queue to buy tickets when weMeer informatie
Time travelling around Marrakech
19 maart 2023, Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
We had some confusion with the time this morning - the data package on our phone ran out last night, so the time was different to the tablet and must have been wrong... so we thought!
Turns outMeer informatie
Road to Essaouira
20 maart 2023, Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
We hit the road at 9am for our journey west to Essaouira, a port and resort city on the Atlantic coast. For many years the city was the main port of Morocco, due to it's straight line access toMeer informatie
Was Mogador, now Essaouira
21 maart 2023, Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We began the day with a local guide and a walking tour of the medina. It has a totally different feel to the medinas in larger cities, far less hustle and bustle, a greater percentage of tourists, andMeer informatie
Marrakech, Take 3...
22 maart 2023, Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
We had a mid-morning departure from Essaouira for our journey back to Marrakech, arriving at our hotel just after 1.30pm.
It's the third time we've been to Marrakech this trip, so we knew exactlyMeer informatie
North to Lisbon
23 maart 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
We caught a taxi to the airport this morning for our 1.5 hour flight to Lisbon.
We caught the underground from the airport to our hotel, changing lines mid journey... and a surprisingly good priceMeer informatie
A night at the opera
24 maart 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Today we walked the streets of Lisbon, finding some caches, climbing hills, and negotiating the slippery slopes of the funicular paths (it drizzled for a while this morning).
We had no particularMeer informatie
It's all about the tarts
25 maart 2023, Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Day 1 of our Portugal tour, and we met our driver/guide, Rui, for a 9am departure.
We started the day heading inland along the River Tagus to the site of the 1998 World Expo, next to the Vasco DaMeer informatie
Sintra and the Cascais coast
26 maart 2023, Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We had a day trip from Lisbon today, west to Sintra, Cabo da Roca and Cascais.
Sintra is home to Pena Palace, the summer residence of the Portuguese royal family from 1842 until the revolution ofMeer informatie
Big wave surf capital
27 maart 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We had a late start departing Lisbon this morning, trying to avoid peak hour traffic, and began our journey north visiting the Monastery of Batalha, before continuing on to Nazare.
Nazare was a quietMeer informatie
Menu de Almoço in Venice
28 maart 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
After a quick visit to the Fatima Pilgrimage Centre in the daylight, we headed to Coimbra, a university town and home to the 2nd oldest university in Europe. Coimbra was the capital of Portugal untilMeer informatie
It's all about Harry
29 maart 2023, Portugal ⋅ 🌬 21 °C
Today was a walking day, the most efficient way to get around the busy and narrow streets of Porto.
We began by visiting Lello Bookstore, often referred to as the most beautiful bookstore in theMeer informatie
Ye olde castle
30 maart 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Day trip north today to the region where Portugal started as a nation.
First stop was the city of Braga, third largest city in Portugal and one of the wealthiest cities with a strong commercial andMeer informatie
Walking Porto
31 maart 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Walking and caching day today. While Bek and Jake did the walking tour of the bookshop etc with Rui, we let the caches be our guide through the city and ended up at Cristal Palace, a Victorian gardenMeer informatie
Douro Valley
1 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
We woke up to a cloudy, overcast day for our journey east, up the Douro Valley. Amongst low cloud, the first stop was Amarante, where the local market was in full swing.
We followed the river, withMeer informatie
No snow today
2 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
We continued our journey down the eastern side of the country with a visit to Lamego. We viewed the 660 monastery access steps from the bottom, but didn't climb them this time.
Morning tea was inMeer informatie
Historic Villages
3 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
We continued our tour of the Historic Villages of Portugal, a group of 12 villages/human settlements classified as important to the history of Portugal.
The first stop today was Belmonte, birthplaceMeer informatie
Impromptu visit to Spain
4 april 2023, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
As we were travelling so close to Spain we made the short detour to the city of Badajoz. We walked a section of the city walls, found a couple caches and had lunch before heading back to Portugal.
Corker of a day
4 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
We started the day with a visit to the city of Elvas, home to a large Bastion Fort, or Star Fort, so named because of it's shape.
It also has the Amoreira Aqueduct which is 6 kilometres long andMeer informatie
Bones and stones
5 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
What better way to start the day than a visit to the Royal Church of St. Francis in Évora, best known for its ghoulish Capela dos Ossos (Chapel of Bones), where walls and pillars are lined with humanMeer informatie
Algarve coast
6 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
The Algarve region covers the southern coast of Portugal and is home to 25 resort towns and countless beaches.
It is the Portuguese regions with the highest number of foreign residents, the highestMeer informatie
Beaches to Lisbon
7 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Our final day with Rui, and we had a 300km/4.5 hour journey back to Lisbon, via the scenic coast road.
First stop was the Cape of Saint Vincent and The Fortress of Sagres, on the most south westerlyMeer informatie
Lisbon to Madeira
8 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
We had a mid morning flight from Lisbon to Funchal, the capital of Madeira.
Funchal Airport has a reputation as one of the most difficult approaches in the world, mainly due to the unpredictableMeer informatie
Down the waterfront with CR7
9 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
We had a sleep-in this morning, the first day in 7 weeks we haven't set an alarm. After a leisurely breakfast we headed out for a walk around the backstreets.
Being Easter Sunday there wasn't muchMeer informatie
Nuns, Winston, Poncha and Nikita
10 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
We joined a half day tour to the Valley of the Nuns today, only 8km as the crow flies, but 17km by road from Funchal, and at an altitude of 1,095m. The road out of Funchal is very steep and windy andMeer informatie












































































































































































































































































Daniel Williams
That just looks like a gold plated office chair!
John KalaitzisIt certainly does!
Darren and Janetyep, there's only so much lipstick you can put on a pig and it still looks like a pig 🤣