Sagres, at the Edge of Europe

Spring, 2017 At the tip of southwest Portugal, we find Sagres. It is awash in pastel colors — flesh colored tones of earth, a moody green-gray ocean and a blue sky that is trying its hardest to transition to summer … unsuccessfully. We spend the night in a pousada at the literal edge of the country. Portugal’s pousadas are old

Sintra: A Tale of Two Castles

We’re standing on a mountaintop west of Lisbon. We’ve lucked out. It’s one of those perfect days when the blue sky extends all the way to the horizon. To get here, we drove west from Lisbon to Sintra, parked the car, walked partially up the hill, stopped to think about it, hired a mototaxi, arrived at the ticket booth of

Lisbon Life

Portugal sits at the western edge of Europe, with Spain along one side and the Atlantic Ocean along the other. With a stunning coastline, beautiful capital city and world-class food and wine, it has all the elements of a perfect European destination. But in the world of travel and tourism, Portugal is almost always overshadowed by its more popular neighbors.