Day 5 The day started off badly: a tire blew out not far from Coimbra. But Hertz was very efficient: they got us to Coimbra...

Day 9 The whole day was devoted to exploring Peneda-Gerês National Park. We admired the waterfalls, climbed over rocks to viewpoints atop the mountains, marveled...

Day 13 Even more packed than the others, with an extensive program. We were lucky with parking spots all day, which was a significant time-saving...

Portugal won me over with the understated charm of its traditional architecture, interrupted by bursts of wild imagination in the Manueline style and fairy-tale castles,...

Madeira was love at first sight for me. I have traveled a lot and seen many places, but this island amazed me and continued to...