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Top Lisbon Portugal Travel Tips

L isbon …. Portugal’s land is diverse from southern Algarve beaches to historical cultural Lisbon, Evora, Sintra, Coimbra, Porto and more to the lush wine rich Douro River Valley to the interior mountains dotted with ancient Schist stone villages. Lisbon is a sprawling hilly city with countless parks, palaces, churches, amazing architecture and cafes. Stroll Rossio Square, Baixa, Biarro Alto …

Travel Tips from a Travel Blogger

Travel should be exciting, fun, a luxury, and a vacating of your norm … But often travel plans are accompanied with lots of questions, and a little stress! I’ve been writing/blogging about travel for almost 3 decades… yes, I started before social media and #travelblogging even existed! So I have learned a few tricks, hacks, dos and don’ts, several of which …

Beautiful Cities Overcrowding with Tourists

You are so excited for your European luxury vacation to___(fill in the blank). Insert: Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Venice, Florence, Prague, Rome… You arrive in, let’s say Venice, with grand expectations for viewing ancient architecture, tasting time-honored traditional cuisine, and meeting locals, deciphering their native language – only to discover buses, mega cruise ships unloading waddling passengers, throngs of foreign tourists …