City Guides

Lamego Travel Guide: Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, Medieval Streets and Wine Country Above the Douro

Six hundred and eighty-six steps rise above Lamego to a Baroque sanctuary, while medieval walls and vineyards spread below toward the Douro

Elvas Beyond Its Aqueduct, with Medieval Streets, Dutch-Style Bastions and One of Europe’s Most Extraordinary Star Forts

On Portugal’s old frontier with Spain, Elvas turns an entire landscape into military architecture, from star forts to a seven-kilometre aqueduct

Lindoso Travel Guide: Castle, Granite Espigueiros and the Mountain Frontier of Peneda-Gerês

Beneath a medieval border fortress, Lindoso’s granite granaries preserve the agricultural landscape of Portugal’s Serra Amarela and Peneda-Gerês

Monção and the Upper Minho, Through Fortress Walls, River Landscapes and the Historic Heartland of Portuguese Alvarinho

Across the Minho from Galicia, Monção preserves a fortified frontier town surrounded by vineyards producing some of Portugal’s finest Alvarinho

Two Days in Viana do Castelo Through Maritime History, Minho Traditions and the Wild Atlantic Coast at Cabedelo

From the Gil Eannes hospital ship to Santa Luzia, Viana do Castelo tells its maritime history between the Lima and...

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...