Azoia – Cova Mijona & Poema Rocha
Another trip to Azoia was an excuse to stock up on our favourite bread rolls and the tiniest cheese ever at the very friendly village store … and to check […]
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Meio Mango
Whilst it might sound like a dodgy sandwich filling, Meio Mango is actually the most happening crag in Arrabida. You park within a stone’s throw of the rather spectacular lighthouse […]
Arrabida – Fenda
The Arrabida Natural Park has protected the entire coast from the kind of development you might expect from similarly blessed landscape in Spain, with only a couple of stretches of […]
Azoia – Arrabida Natural Park
We took the scenic coastal road north towards Lisbon, tracing a route parallel to the edge of the Atlantic through the natural park that protects this wild and wooded landscape […]
Ponta de Balieera
Ponta de Balieera is the third and most eastern “lump” on the Sagres peninsula – marked by a small bustling port on its east side and topped with a rather […]
Foz de Fornas
Another breezy day at the end of the world – but with full-on sunshine to help offset the chill. Foz de Fornas is the landward end of a south facing […]
Sagres – Armacao Nova
Sagres is the southwesterly tip of Europe (if that’s even a thing), but regardless of the arguments about points of the compass, it undeniably sticks out into the Atlantic and […]
Rocha da Pena – heading into Portugal
The influence of the Atlantic was already becoming evident as we crossed Seville, with brown giving way to green as the predominant colour in the landscape, and cork oaks mingling […]
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