Toldedo is a UNESCO world heritage site. We’ve visited Toledo twice, first time was in 2011 and second time in 2019 Toledo Old Town First time visit in 2011 This blog post is in Chinese. Second time visit in 2019 Since this is our second time visit, it was more searching for sites we remembered. […]
Trujillo Castle The castle is in the highest part of Trujillo. You can climb up the wall and walk around the wall for a great view of Trujillo city below. For Game of Thrones fans, some scene of Casterly Rock may look familiar as it was one of location of some scenes. The castle can […]
Caceres is a UNESCO world heritage site. The walled old town is very nice to walk around either day or night. Cáceres Plaza Mayor Square On the left side of the square is the old town and on the right hand side is modern shops and restaurants. Our hotel was right next to the square. […]
Evora is a UNESCO world heritage site Capela dos Ossos (Bone Chapel) Bone Chapel is what we came to see in Evora. The small chapel is decorated with yes you guessed it bones – bones and skulls. Roman Temple of Evora Praca do Giraldo Cromlech of Almendres A megalithic complex outside of Evora Return to Spain […]
Lisbon is easy to travel around with public transportation. We purchased the Lisbon card (for adults) which include transportation and major attractions (including Belem Tower, Jerónimos Monastery, Santa Justa Elevator, and all tram/funiculars). For kids since a lot of attraction are free or have child discount we opted to purchase just the transit card for […]
Sintra downtown Tuk Tuk ride up to Sintra Mountain We had planned to take the bus up to Pena Palace, while we were waiting at the bus stop a Tuk Tuk pulled up, offered us a reasonable rate (it had 2 passengers already so with the 4 of us will make it a full ride) […]
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 […]