Travelogues Portugal

Originally, our main travel destination for this year was different.

.... a highlight of Madeira

Exploration and very good food

More pictures and a little bit of text are coming soon...

03.01.2023: Malhao Beach - Camping Zambujeira: Coastal cliff walk, jogging on the beach, boule on the parking lot at Praia do Malhao - washing and showering at Camping Zambujeira...

The past few days we made some nice trips and visited the beach

Today was the first 'rest day'. Feels like vacation now.

We leave the Algarve and continue driving along the west coast of Portugal. For one night, we stop in the fishing village of Zambujeira. There, we explore the small beach cove...

Before ....

Today Porto is in full swing. On our way by bike we meet lots of joggers and from the middle of the route we see endless motorcyclists. They don't care about speed limits and...

So today was our first full day at sea. He greeted us with wonderful sunshine☀️ Since it was a little longer yesterday, we slept in a bit today. We went to the “Atlantik...

The day starts with blue skies. On the way to the ferry we do two hikes. To the Lagoa do Capitão. The ground is very muddy after all the rain, but the journey was definitely...

Driving over the impressive Ponte de 25 Abril (Day of the Carnation Revolution, 1974, the radio station "Radioclub Portugues" played the song "Grandola, Vila Morena" at...

07/02/2023: Souselo - Vila Cha: Thanks again to the municipality of Souselo for the great pitch - with hot showers, clean toilets, water, electricity... some campsites could...

Welcome back - why it took so long and where I am right now

Porto by night Inhalt

First impressions of Porto☺️ however, I arrived here during mostly rainy weather and found myself in cafes often☕

Some impressions from the small fishing town

.... we are curious to see which sea creatures we will encounter

From the Miradouro da Vista do Rei you look directly at the northern crater wall and can marvel at the two lakes in their full length. Next to the viewpoint there is also an...

Scrimshaw is a miniature carving and engraving technique on animal materials, such as ivory, horn, or bone. A very well-known Scrimshaw museum is operated by the owner of the...

We were in the museum in Horta, (Faial, Azores, Portugal, Europe 🤣) There is a special exhibition: The objects are carved from the inside of the branches of the fig tree. The...

On a lightly cloudy day, we decided to take a cable car ride from Funchal to Monte. The starting point is located on the promenade, so we strolled from the hotel to the center....

Packing fun

Today there was a tour to Porto! We actually found a parking garage that accommodated our van while we went on a little city tour. I don't really like cities because it's...

...on our new hiking adventure we traveled by train, flight and now bus. In two hours we will arrive in Porto Covo and from there we will start the Fischerweg tomorrow. We walk...

We had a wonderful birthday. Our trip took us to the North coast of São Miguel, first to the only organic tea plantation in Europe with tasting and information. Then we visited...

We are staying in Horta for a few days. Probably familiar to all sailors. We landlubbers were amazed at the open air gallery on the quay. Anyone sailing across the Atlantic...

To speak of an Azores high is perhaps a bit exaggerated, but at least we haven't had any rain for almost two days. The excursions are twice as much fun! We were in a seawater...

28.12.2022: We spend the afternoon at the beach of Santo André and the evening at the spacious campsite at the lagoon of Santo André