Praça dos Poveiros, Portugal Travel Journals & Blogs

Traveler Europe 2023
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- Oct 17, 2023, 7:00pm
- 🌧 20 °C
- Altitude: 105 m
- Portugal Porto Santo Ildefonso Lapa Praça dos Poveiros 41.145867, -8.60484241°8’45” N 8°36’17” W
Day 34
Final Group Dinner
October 17, 2023 in Portugal ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
We headed off for our last group dinner to a local traditional Portuguese restaurant called Douro Sentido. I think everyone was a little tired, especially with the humid weather. The food was good. I had grilled octopus, Ian had a cod dish and we shared a dessert. We also had a nice bottle of white wine and even indulged in a glass of port. Joanne gave a lovely speech thanking Gabriele for being such a great tour leader and making it such a memorable experience.

A number of people in the group had been unwell over a couple of days and it turns out several of them tested positive to COVID once they got home. Luckily Ian and I seemed to have missed it.Read more
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Traveler Porto, Portugal
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- Aug 21, 2023
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 115 m
- Portugal Porto Santo Ildefonso Lapa Praça dos Poveiros 41.149976, -8.60340641°8’60” N 8°36’12” W
Day 1
Exploring the City
August 21, 2023 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
We arrived in a hot Porto and instantly fell in love with our hotel, which was the best I've ever stayed in. Our room featured a private whirlpool and a TV embedded in glass, with a very unique bathroom. We discovered that McDonald's in Porto is quite fancy, more like a museum than a fast food place, and the food, especially the truffle mushroom burger, was delicious.

On our first day, we explored the area around our hotel and for sunset, walked to a well-known bridge. The views from the bridge, especially as it got darker and the lights came on, were stunning.Read more
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Traveler Portugal, 26.06.21 - 24.07.21
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- Jun 30, 2021, 7:22pm
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 115 m
- Portugal Porto Santo Ildefonso Lapa Praça dos Poveiros 41.149109, -8.60414541°8’57” N 8°36’15” W
Day 5
Nachtessen Tavira.
June 30, 2021 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Das chline herzige Dörfli Tavira het üs sehr guet gfalle und mir hend üsi Zit ih volle Züg chöne gnüsse. Vieli verschiedeni Stränd, schöni Buchte, Sunneuntergäng und guets Esse hemmer i volle Züg gnosse. 🌅 Nach dene 7 Täg in Tavira hemmers den aber öpe gse gha und hend üs uf de nögschti Stopp in Lissabon gfreut.🚗🚗🚗Read more
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I’m on me holidays
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- Sep 19, 2021, 7:32pm
- 🌙 66 °F
- Altitude: 348 ft
- Portugal Porto Santo Ildefonso Lapa Praça dos Poveiros 41.146286, -8.60414241°8’47” N 8°36’15” W
The world’s worst “best” sandwich
September 19, 2021 in Portugal ⋅ 🌙 66 °F
The francesinha (fran-sess-EEE-nyah) is one of Portugal’s National sandwiches and you see it on menus EVERYWHERE. It apparently was Portugal’s answer to the croque madame (which I love love love), it looks mouthwatering and was created in Porto, so OF COURSE I have to try it here. I even walked 10 miles today to make sure I could really, REALLY go to town on one.

I had such high hopes… toast, steak, multiple kinds of sausage, ham, topped with melted cheese, a fried egg and a beer-tomato sauce. Served with fries. What’s not to love?

Plate hits the table…I’m so excited. All that cheesy, meaty, toasty, saucy goodness. First bite… hmmm, ok, that’s different. Maybe I just didn’t have the right composition? (No way you’re fitting a whole vertical perfect bite on a normal sized fork.) A few more bites in, alright this is ok.

And it never got beyond that. In fact, the linguiça and fresh sausages had wayyyyy too much funky acidity to make this work. Or it’s just me.

Maybe you have to be really drunk and/or hungover to enjoy this? Seems to be proof that just because something is unique doesn’t make it automatically good.

P.S. The other famous Porto sandwich is a bifana, which is apparently a pulled pork sandwich with delicious sauce. Yeah, so I totally missed the boat there. 🤨🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️Read more
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Traveler Six Bridges Rally
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- Sep 4, 2022, 1:20pm
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitude: 97 m
- Portugal Porto Santo Ildefonso Lapa Praça dos Poveiros 41.1445, -8.60451741°8’40” N 8°36’16” W
Day 9
Aussichtspunkt
September 4, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
So viel Trubel, ist man gar nicht gewohnt 😊
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Six Bridges Rally
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- Sep 5, 2022, 8:40am
- 🌧 18 °C
- Altitude: 97 m
- Portugal Porto Santo Ildefonso Lapa Praça dos Poveiros 41.144514, -8.60481341°8’40” N 8°36’17” W
Day 10
VIDEO - PONTE DOM LUIS I
September 5, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Nacht videos mit Drohne müssen wir noch üben
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