Driving through Central Portugal we visited several cities. Coimbra Coimbra University and old town Tomar Knights Templar Fatima Fatima where the three local shepherd children saw monthly visions of the Virgin Mary in the Cova da Iria pasture 1917. Batalha Monastery of Batalha Alcobaca Monastery of Alcobaca Obidos Obidos is a very cute little old […]
Porto is the second largest city in Portugal, The Ribeira district is a UNESCO world heritage site. The city is small and very walkable. Port wine is named after Porto. And is made in Porto and Douro Valley. Around Porto Igreja do Carmo /Igreja does Carmelitas Igreja do Carmo and Igreja dos Carmelitas (and the […]
Castile and Leon Region in Northern Spain. Cities we visited Segovia Avlia Wall of Avila The ancient fortified Avila is a UNESCO World Heritage site. For an small entrance fee (5 Euro when we visited) you can go up and walk sections of the wall. Mirador de los Cuatro Postes (Viewpoint of the Four Posts) […]
Alcazar de Segovia Alcazar de segovia, some say the Disney’s castle in CA was inspired by this. There are two types of entrance ticket, one general access and one with tower access. The tower is 152 steps climb up the Tower of John II (a world heritage site). Aqueduct de Segovia Aqueduct de Segovia is […]
Trip Highlight 2 countries: Spain, Portugal Region/Cities: Castile and León, Spain Segovia Avila Salamanca Porto Central Portugal Coimbra Tomar Fatima Batalha Alcobaca Obidos Sintra Lisbon Evora Caceres Trujillo Toledo Madrid We only flew in/out of Madrid this time and did not visit the town, the link above is from our first visit in 2011. Click […]
Naples, also called Napoli in Italian, is the birth place of famous Neapolitan Pizza. It servers a great base for one-day trips to Capri, Herculaneum, Pompeii, Sorrento, or other destinations along Amalfi Coast.
Messina is located near northeast corner of Sicily at the Strait of Messina. It is a popular cruise port in Sicily to serve nearby tourism of Taormina, Mt. Etna, Tindari and Savoca.
Touring Malta is easy with massive bus network and competitive hop-on-hop-off bus market. HOHO bus is more suitable when you have long day in peak season schedule. Rental car is of cause the best if you used to left-hand drive like UK.
Chania is known by its old town and history. Town isn’t that big and you can finish tour in half day. Chania runs a convenient bus from Souda cruise port right into city center.
The cruise port in Santorini is at Fira old port, to get to Fira town from old port there are 3 options 1) Take the cable car ($6 Euro one way) – This is the most recommended option, however, be aware that the lines may get long during busy port days, so get there early. The capacity is […]