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- Day 61
- Friday, September 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
- ☀️ 84 °F
- Altitude: 1,135 ft
PortugalElvas38°52’59” N 7°9’49” W
Elvas
September 26 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
A city built on/in a giant fortress, with more fortresses on the surrounding hills.
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- Day 61
- Friday, September 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
- ☀️ 86 °F
- Altitude: 666 ft
- PortugalAlandroal (Nossa Senhora da Conceição), São Brás dos Matos (Mina do Bugalho) e Juromenha (Nossa Senh38°44’17” N 7°14’22” W
Juromenha Fortress
September 26 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
An abandoned fortress next to the Guadiana River and the border with Spain.
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- Day 61
- Friday, September 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
- ☀️ 77 °F
- Altitude: 1,089 ft
- PortugalÉvora38°37’21” N 8°0’30” W
Cromeleque de Vale Maria do Meio
September 26 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
An interesting formation of upright stones.
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- Day 62
- Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
- ☁️ 68 °F
- Altitude: 1,335 ft
- PortugalVila Viçosa38°46’25” N 7°25’33” W
Vila Viçosa
September 27 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Small town, fort/castle, palace, church, convent. In modern times, they quarry a lot of marble here.
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- Day 62
- Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
- ☁️ 77 °F
- Altitude: 1,575 ft
- PortugalEstremoz38°46’19” N 7°42’55” W
Evoramonte
September 27 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
Small walled city with a unique castle that was used more as a hunting cabin than for defense.
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- Day 62
- Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
- ☁️ 70 °F
- Altitude: 732 ft
- PortugalÉvora38°32’21” N 8°0’52” W
Pre-historic site of Zambujeiro
September 27 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
We have been finding a lot of these prehistoric monuments and burial sites in the area around Évora.
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- Day 64
- Monday, September 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
- ⛅ 77 °F
- Altitude: 1,394 ft
- PortugalEstremoz38°50’31” N 7°35’9” W
Estremoz
September 29 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
Walled city of Estremoz. Most of the interior is private homes and the castle has been converted to a hotel, and the church and prison have been converted to restaurants. The hotel allows toursRead more
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- Day 64
- Monday, September 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
- ☀️ 79 °F
- Altitude: 1,168 ft
- PortugalArraiolos38°43’37” N 7°59’27” W
Arraiolos
September 29 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Small abandoned walled fortress with a church in the middle and minimal restoration. Not much time needed to wander through this one.
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- Day 65
- Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
- ☀️ 73 °F
- Altitude: 1,713 ft
- PortugalMarvão39°23’2” N 7°23’2” W
Marvão
September 30 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Impressive walled city. Easy to explore, even onto parts of the walls and tower. There was a bit of an insect infestation during our visit, else we would have stayed longer.
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- Day 65
- Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
- ☀️ 77 °F
- Altitude: 1,880 ft
- PortugalCastelo de Vide39°25’0” N 7°27’20” W
Castelo de Vide
September 30 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
To be honest, this walled city was pretty disappointing. There is very little to see inside the walls, just a couple of streets with private homes, and the tower was closed. That said, the larger townRead more
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- Day 65
- Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
- ☀️ 81 °F
- Altitude: 912 ft
- PortugalNisa39°26’53” N 7°40’34” W
A series of pre-historic monuments
September 30 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
After exploring the two walled cities, we made a loop through the countryside to find a menhir and a series of antas / dolmens. They were constructed 5,000-6,000 years ago, and each was unique inRead more
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- Day 66
- Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
- ☀️ 75 °F
- Altitude: 1,191 ft
- PortugalMontemor-o-Novo38°32’37” N 8°8’15” W
Escoural cave
October 1 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
A very interesting cave! Stalactites and stalagmites, so it gets wet, but only with infrequent heavy rain. Pre-historic people created cave art over 30,000 years ago, and the cave was used forRead more
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- Day 66
- Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
- ☀️ 84 °F
- Altitude: 463 ft
- PortugalMora38°55’52” N 8°7’16” W
Our final pre-historic rock structure
October 1 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
One final pre-historic arrangement of rocks before we leave this part of Portugal. This is a cromlech - rocks arranged in a circle.
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- Day 66–70
- October 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM - October 5, 2025
- 4 nights
- ☀️ 79 °F
- Altitude: 236 ft
- PortugalCoimbra40°12’3” N 8°26’12” W
Coimbra
Oct 1–5 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Slowly heading back north. There are a few sights to see in this town and also to the southwest.
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- Day 69
- Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
- ☀️ 66 °F
- Altitude: 850 ft
- PortugalOurém39°38’14” N 8°35’29” W
Two caves and a castle
October 4 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
We started the day exploring two large limestone caves. The Coin Caves had the better tour. More personal, in English, and not rushed. The Mira de Aire Cave was a large group and narrated inRead more
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- Day 70
- Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
- ☀️ 72 °F
- Altitude: 39 ft
- PortugalMontemor-o-Velho40°10’22” N 8°40’53” W
Maybe the best castle? Montemor-o-Velho
October 5 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
Maybe the last castle we'll visit in Portugal, but maybe the best of all we've seen? A great combination of walk ability, restoration, towers, walls, and views.
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- Day 70
- Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
- ☀️ 77 °F
- Altitude: 351 ft
- PortugalCondeixa-a-Nova40°5’57” N 8°29’42” W
Conimbriga Roman ruins
October 5 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
This site was much larger than we expected, with a Roman road, aqueduct, houses, bathhouses, and a central forum.
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- Day 70–72
- October 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM - October 7, 2025
- 2 nights
- ☀️ 77 °F
- Altitude: 1,270 ft
- PortugalMealhada40°22’34” N 8°21’54” W
Buçaco Palace Hotel
Oct 5–7 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
We heard about this palace and booked 2 nights here to give us time (and permission) to explore. Definitely worth it! Only guests allowed inside and the decor isn't something you fully appreciate withRead more
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- Day 72
- Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
- ☀️ 79 °F
- Altitude: 1,608 ft
- PortugalViseu40°39’36” N 7°54’41” W
A brief stop in Viseu
October 7 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
We needed a stop to break up our drive and also so we wouldn't get to our next stop too early. Viseu was unfortunately a bit disappointing. A couple of interesting bits, but I don't think I'd go outRead more
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- Day 72–76
- October 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM - October 11, 2025
- 4 nights
- ☀️ 79 °F
- Altitude: 810 ft
- PortugalArmamar41°7’43” N 7°41’37” W
Douro Valley
Oct 7–11 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Having enjoyed our daytrip earlier in the summer, we decided to return for a longer visit to this area. There are small vineyards and quintas around every turn. You really have to know which ones youRead more
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- Day 74
- Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
- ☀️ 72 °F
- Altitude: 1,529 ft
- PortugalTarouca41°2’51” N 7°44’51” W
Ucanha
October 9 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
We heard about this town, famous for a medieval toll bridge and also for Portuguese moonshine.
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- Day 74
- Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
- ☀️ 72 °F
- Altitude: 2,051 ft
- PortugalLamego41°5’30” N 7°48’59” W
Lamego
October 9 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
A nearby town, a hike up a hill, and an archeology museum.
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- Day 76–80
- October 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM - October 15, 2025
- 4 nights
- ☀️ 79 °F
- Altitude: 302 ft
- PortugalPorto41°8’60” N 8°36’29” W
Porto Visit #2
Oct 11–15 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
We wanted to coast to the end of our trip, so we returned to Porto for a few slower days in a familiar, comfortable city. We stayed in a slightly different location, but still close to the sights fromRead more
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- Day 78
- Monday, October 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
- ☀️ 77 °F
- Altitude: 128 ft
- PortugalPorto41°8’20” N 8°35’41” W
Porto six-bridges river cruise
October 13 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
We took a nice two-hour trip on the Douro River, learning about the bridges and tasting Port wine.
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- Day 80–81
- October 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM - October 16, 2025
- 1 night
- ☀️ 75 °F
- Altitude: 246 ft
- PortugalMoreira41°14’15” N 8°40’2” W
Porto airport hotel
Oct 15–16 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
One night at an airport hotel, just to make the travel day less stressful. Nothing scenic at the hotel, so instead I'll use a photo from dinner at a nearby bistro.