What it was like living in Lisbonâs party district
Bairro Alto is a typical Portuguese neighbourhood in downtown Lisbon with traditional old buildings, good restaurants, cobblestone streets and small plants on small balconies. Then, when the sun goes down,
Konstantin Ishkhanov Promises âGrandestâ Edition of InClassica Yet
Sponsored Content The 2021 iteration of the InClassica International Music Festival, organised by the European Foundation for Support of Culture (EUFSC) and SAMIT Event Group, will soon be arriving in
Holidaying down the road
I am privileged to have visited most of the Algarve when over the years I took my children on holidays to learn more about our region and since then by
The oldest neighbourhood in Lisbon
Alfama is the oldest neighbourhood in Lisbon. The streets are old, the apartments are old, and most of the locals look even older! It is the only neighbourhood to have
So nearâŠbut a whole different world again open to us
When the border between Portugal and Spain opened up on May 17, there began a huge flow of Spaniards over to their summer villas in the Algarve. We went the
What I talk about when I talk about cats
I have been reading a lot of Haruki Murakami novels lately and if there is one thing that appears in all of his books â it is cats. Murakami is
International tourism still troubled
It was hoped there would be clarity by now on the reopening of leisure travel from the UK, but international airlines, British holidaymakers desperate to get away and the tourist
Starting the year like the ancient Babylonians
It has already been a few weeks since the beginning of the year and by now you have either started cementing some new good habits into your daily routine or
Kicking back on Porto Santo: Portugalâs recently awarded UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
The words âBiosphere Reserveâ conjure up the idea of some remote wild corner, cut off from the world and over-taken by nature â but as of November 2020, the whole
Melides among top destinations of year in Condé Nast Traveler
Despite the ongoing pandemic, CondĂ© Nast Traveler chose 21 destinations to travel to this year. Melides came third and was referred to as âa hidden Portuguese beach spot emerging from