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Art Everywhere When We Walked Around Porto

September 10, 2017 TravelAtWill 2

We Found Art Everywhere When We Walked Around Porto We spent a lot of time walking around when we visited Porto. Much of the time our heads were tilted back so we could look at the amazing art we saw everywhere. Buildings were works of art. Traditional blue tiles decorated […]

See The 6 Bridges When You Cruise The Douro River in Porto

September 8, 2017 TravelAtWill 2

Our First View Of The Douro River From Above After we visited Porto, we headed into the Douro River Valley. This gave us a long drive along the great wine area. But before we left Porto, we decided to cruise the Douro River in Porto to get a close up […]

7 Things To Do When You Start A Portugal Stay in Lisbon

September 4, 2017 TravelAtWill 24

Landing In Lisbon We were so excited to be visiting Portugal for 4 weeks. Our cruise across the Atlantic stopped in the Canary Islands and also on the Portuguese Island of Madeira. These stops gave us a small flavour of what was to come when we visited Porto, the Algarve […]

See Lisbon From On High

August 27, 2017 TravelAtWill 0

So Many Places To See Lisbon From On High When you visit Lisbon you will find a city of hills. In several places around the city we found elevators or funiculars that took us to a higher level. As we wandered up the hills we found the “miradouro” (viewpoints) that […]

Explore The Belem Area of Lisbon

August 23, 2017 TravelAtWill 2

Taking the Bus To Explore the Belem Area When we visit a new city for the first time, we often take the Hop-On-Hop-Off bus (“HOHO”). We bought a two day HOHO pass in Lisbon. Our first major destination was to explore the Belem area of Lisbon. This let us see […]