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Portugal 2019

2 Tage Lissabon, 7 Tage Algarve Read more
  • Trip start
    July 24, 2019
  • First Morning

    July 24, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    I've decided to go on in English with this blog. The first day was exciting, we (my lovely girlfriend and myself) started at my girlfriend's place, headed of to Frankfurt airport by 5.30 in the morning. We parked near on a commercial parking lot near the airport. The parking lot was closed when we arrived and we had to make a call to travelcar. At the airport my girlfriend saw a sign at the drop off queue and told me that our airline only accepts 16kg for luggage. So we put a lot from our baggage to ohr cabbin luggage, just to realize 5 minutes later, that our cabbin luggage should be below 16kg in total (for me and my girlfriend).

    Thank god, that we did that, cause when we landed my luggage was lost ;). I'm sitting now here in my hotel and received a mail from the tap airline, that my luggage arrived in Lisbon this morning.

    We made the best out of this situation, bought underwear, socks and t-shirts for me and explored alfama, the famous district of Lisbon. It's a really beautiful city, and very clean for this bunch of people. We had dinner at faca & garfo (near the elevator). It's a beautiful small Portuguese restaurant and it was delicious.

    After that we explored the city a little more with it's tiny alleys. And headed to the rossio metro station. From there we did go to our hotel by metro (Ramada by Wyndham). We have a room on the eighteenth floor with a beautiful sight to the river... It's really amazing, we are loving it.
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  • Castelo de são jorge

    July 25, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    Today our journey's first stop took us to the castle of Lisbon. The view is fantastic, the weather is mild (26° C). We like it here alot ;).

    There was an escalator on the way up here ☺️. We're getting old 😆Read more

  • Lisbon

    July 25, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    Heading down from castle to downtown, visited the praça do comérico. Great view, but a little hungry ;). So now we sit and are waiting for food in Nicolau. Looks delicious...

  • Lisbon last Day

    July 25, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    After lunch we walked through the small allies of Lisbon and took a ride with the famous 28 Eléctrico. We visited a park near the park near the final station of 28 E.

  • Cafe das Minas

    July 26, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    Stop at café das minas in sintra... 4.9 stars at Google maps... And they are all deserved... Delicious food, and the atmosphere. Come here ☺️

  • Castelo dos mouros

    July 26, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    After that beautiful small café we did go by bus up to the old castle. The walk from bus stop to castle I was amazed by nature... The way to the castle is really great... Felt like we were in the jungle. Another highlight of our journey was that castle. The way to the castle was beautiful and the view from those towers... Breathtaking...Read more

  • From Sintra to Albufeira

    July 26, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ 🌙 21 °C

    After the castle dos mouros we visited the Palácio Nacional da Pena. The garden of this castle is really beautiful and you should go there, but we bought tickets for the inside aswell. It was really disappointing... We waited over 90 minutes in that damn queue to see the inside... After that time it can only be disappointing if you are not a history teacher... Frome the outside of the castle you have a great view, too...

    Then we hit the road and drove south to the Algarve... At 21.30 we reached our hotel in albufeira. It's ok, nothing special and most guests are interested in having beach holiday here...
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  • Loulé

    July 27, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    On our first day in albufeira, we went to the market in Loulé. The market was the highlight of Loulé. In the afternoon we did go hiking to the spring and caves of Querença. Was really great there... It's not that easy to get to the caves, and my girl is afraid of height. But she did it and I'm so proud ;).Read more

  • The End of the ancient world

    July 29, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    We were visiting the lighthouse in Sagres, ate the last Bratwurst before America and went to the beach. Praia do Beliche is a wonderful beach with fine sand and the clearest water I've seen in Portugal. Too bad it's really a little windy...Read more

  • Caves of Bengali

    July 30, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    We did a boat trip (express tour) to five or six caves. The place is awesome! Now we are enjoying the beach Praia de Marina. We like it a lot...

  • Kajak Tour

    July 31, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    We did a Kajaktour from Kajak centre Lagos to some caves near Sagres. It was amazing... visited some awesome caves and had a stop at a really cool beach (Praia do Barranco).

  • Market in Lagos

    July 31, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    On our way back to the hotel we did a stop at the bus station of Lagos. Every Wednesday there's a market from 17.00 to 21.00 they sell mostley organic products, was very cool there.

  • Going home

    August 2, 2019 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 35 °C

    On our way home we have one stop in Madrid for 3.5. hours.
    Tomorrow we wake up in our b&b in Frankfurt. At night we will sleep in our own bed ;).

    Vacation is over ;(... But it was really really great.weare so thankful for this experience 😊. Especially my girlfriend fell in love with the beautiful coasts and beaches of the Algarve... It was like a dream.Read more

  • One day in Frankfurt

    August 3, 2019 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    After landing at midnight we stayed one night at the b&b in Frankfurt. So we decided to spend the day also here. We were shopping, enjoying the view from galaria Kaufhof Restaurant (small German mall) and eat at the food market...was an amazing day... We loved it.Read more

    Trip end
    August 3, 2019