City Guides

Inside Conímbriga, Where Roman Villas and Water Gardens Meet the Massive Walls of a City Preparing for Crisis

Conímbriga preserves Roman houses, intricate mosaics, baths and a vast defensive wall that reveals the transformation of ancient Lusitania

Coimbra Travel Guide: Joanina Library, Medieval Streets and the Best Things to See in Portugal’s University City

Founded in 1290, Coimbra’s university crowns a city of Roman foundations, medieval cathedrals, student traditions and the legends of Pedro and Inês

Cascais Between Lisbon and Sintra, Where Royal History, Contemporary Art and Atlantic Cliffs Meet on One Compact Coast

Once a royal summer retreat, Cascais combines historic villas, sheltered beaches, Boca do Inferno and the Atlantic dunes of Guincho

Guimarães Through Its Streets, Where Medieval Granite Houses Lead from Portugal’s Castle Hill to the Industrial Couros District

Linked to Portugal’s 12th-century origins, Guimarães combines a medieval castle, ducal palace, UNESCO streets, former tanneries and wooded Penha Mountain

Why Vila Nova de Milfontes Is One of the Best Bases for the Fishermen’s Trail and the Alentejo Coast

Founded in 1486 at the mouth of the Mira, Vila Nova de Milfontes combines river beaches, Atlantic dunes and the...

Beyond Praia da Marinha, Finding the Golden Cove of Malhada do Baraço Along Lagoa’s Wild Limestone Coast

Accessible only from the sea, Malhada do Baraço hides beneath Lagoa’s limestone cliffs between Praia da Marinha and Albandeira.

Three Days in Lagos Between a Maritime Old Town, Ponta da Piedade and the Long Sands of Meia Praia

A 15th-century Atlantic port, Lagos combines Ponta da Piedade’s limestone arches, historic walls, slavery museums and some of the Algarve’s finest beaches

Évora Through Two Thousand Years, from Roman Ebora and Medieval Kings to the Whitewashed Streets of the Alentejo

Roman Ebora, a medieval cathedral and the Capela dos Ossos survive inside Évora’s remarkably intact UNESCO-listed walls in the Alentejo

Porto Travel Guide: Ribeira, Azulejos, Port Wine Cellars and the Best Things to See Along the Douro

Porto combines medieval Ribeira, baroque towers, twenty thousand São Bento azulejos and centuries of Port wine history along the Douro.

Casa Batlló and the Block of Discord, Where Barcelona’s Great Modernist Architects Competed Façade by Façade

Transformed by Gaudí between 1904 and 1906, Casa Batlló combines a dragon-like roof, skeletal façade, catenary arches and ingenious natural...