Badia Palace and Medina walking tour
18 марта 2023 г., Марокко ⋅ ☁️ 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 weЧитать далее
Time travelling around Marrakech
19 марта 2023 г., Марокко ⋅ ☀️ 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 outЧитать далее
Road to Essaouira
20 марта 2023 г., Марокко ⋅ ☀️ 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 toЧитать далее
Was Mogador, now Essaouira
21 марта 2023 г., Марокко ⋅ ☀️ 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, andЧитать далее
Marrakech, Take 3...
22 марта 2023 г., Марокко ⋅ ☀️ 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 exactlyЧитать далее
North to Lisbon
23 марта 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☁️ 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 priceЧитать далее
A night at the opera
24 марта 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 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 particularЧитать далее
It's all about the tarts
25 марта 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 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 DaЧитать далее
Sintra and the Cascais coast
26 марта 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 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 ofЧитать далее
Big wave surf capital
27 марта 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 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 quietЧитать далее
Menu de Almoço in Venice
28 марта 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☁️ 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 untilЧитать далее
It's all about Harry
29 марта 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ 🌬 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 theЧитать далее
Ye olde castle
30 марта 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☁️ 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 andЧитать далее
Walking Porto
31 марта 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☁️ 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 gardenЧитать далее
Douro Valley
1 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☁️ 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, withЧитать далее
No snow today
2 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 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 inЧитать далее
Historic Villages
3 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☁️ 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, birthplaceЧитать далее
Impromptu visit to Spain
4 апреля 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 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 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 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 andЧитать далее
Bones and stones
5 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 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 humanЧитать далее
Algarve coast
6 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 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 highestЧитать далее
Beaches to Lisbon
7 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 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 westerlyЧитать далее
Lisbon to Madeira
8 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☁️ 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 unpredictableЧитать далее
Down the waterfront with CR7
9 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 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 muchЧитать далее
Nuns, Winston, Poncha and Nikita
10 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 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 andЧитать далее












































































































































































































































































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 🤣