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Street crime Lisbon
53 Reviews Photo: What did I expect? I slippied my camera into my coat pocket rather than returning it to my handbag as we ran (hobbed in my case - I'd recently had knee surgery) to catch a tram to Belem on our...
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Danger places Porto
3 Reviews Porto is a lovely place and I had no problems in any areas. An amazing place where I felt safe and could explore all day. lovely people, infrastructure, food, all of it. My only word of caution is the...
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Hassles from people on the street Lisbon
31 Reviews There are loads of guys trying to sell "drugs" in Downtown Lisbon. Usually they are gypsies, but maybe other sorts of people do. They moved along now to Bairro Alto as they discovered a new area to...
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By night Porto
3 Reviews Had a fine weekend in Porto. We were squeezing so much into the couple of days we were there, we never really visited the cathedral. So, walking back from Ribeira (riverside) late one evening, I...
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Taxi rip-offs Lisbon
14 Reviews I would like to inform all of you that came to Lisbon. Lisbon Airport has to main taxi points. One is the down point and the other is the upper point. The better, is to pick up a taxi is from the...
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Metro Porto
3 Reviews I'd pay for each journey in cash if possible. But that's difficult on the Metro as many stations only have ticket MACHINES which are often all totally buggered. Andante card is confusing to buy and...
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Dangers to your health Lisbon
9 Reviews The area between Praca de Figueria and Martim Moniz is only 5 mins from the main square (Rossio) and is teeming with prostitutes standing at doorways and corners. It is done very openly, I was very...
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Drinks Porto
3 Reviews The wine of Porto is famous, it gives away a sweet taste at the lips and there is the danger not to stop drinking... So (even sometimes!) watch these nice boats where it is carried and have a break...
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Annoyances for tourists Lisbon
22 Reviews Unless you are studying Portuguese tiles, or visiting Madre de Deus church, or having plenty of time, I think you could skip this museum. It's interesting and well organized, but Lisbon is, for...
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Parking Porto
1 Review Traffic in Porto can be chaotic. Rush hours often prove to be stressful and moving around by car can take a lot of time. So if you are driving in Porto be careful with rush hours and take that into...
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Don't go to jail! Lisbon
6 Reviews Look at the pictures: It's centrally located. It's an outstanding building. It's not cheap... it's free. Guests use to stay for long periods. But... that's the last "hotel" I would recommend in...
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Lisbon,Beautiful city and Beautiful people.dont allow looks to disaappoint you dangerous well dressed males ah-ah sorry to say that but you never going to suspect any mugger till you have been robbed in day light,becareful while taken the public transport cause they are everywhere,looking at every move you take...
Downtown Cascais beach is declared unsuitable for swimming. Despite this, plenty of people were seen in the water. I assume this area is forbidden because it's a fishing beach and waters may be polluted other than dangerous for sharp propellers.Needless to say, nearby beaches should be preferred.
A few occasions gave us the impression that prices might be different for locals and for tourists when the price list is not presented before ordering. We finally had it confirmed when I paid 2.4 Euro for a beer and, two minutes later, a local guy sitting at the next table paid 1.70 Euro for exactly the same size of beer glass.Not much of a rip off though, as the same serving amount in our homecountry Italy would cost about 4 Euro.In a different place, we drank a 0.2 liter glass of beer for the price of 0.70 Euro and a 0.4 liter glass for 1.80 Euro. This was puzzling as well but considering the general bargain prices across Portugal it just added some fun to the trip.On the other hand, no wrong checks were ever found when dining out or for accommodation.
Asking directions? Directions are usually given by description rather than by addresses and street names. The green building below on the west side of the Praça Luis de Camões is one of the landmarks frequently used as a reference point.Neverthless, buy a map. If the directions sound hopelessy tortured to you, then to get your informant to point out where you are at the moment and when the place is that you want to go. This requires some patience, but it may be easier than remembering a description based on local landmarks.
Though I highly recommend renting a car as the most efficient and fun way to travel through the country it is only with the condtion that the driver ireally knows what he's doing. It's also preferable to know how to drive a stick (for the steep narrow and winding roads of Douro region). The biggest highways (like A1, A2) are pretty decent. Anything smaller and more local has only 2 (both ways) narrow lanes on which cars pass each other by (on the opposite lane) at 180km/hour. At night a lot of smaller roads are very poorly illuminated. And the highways are surprisingly expensive.
Watch out for pick pocketing in the trams in Lisbon. We didn’t get anything stolen, but friendly locals pointed out to us that some of the pocket in our backpacks had been opened. Fortunately we didn’t have anything in the outside pockets, except paper handkerchiefs, which they apparently didn’t want to steal.
On our drive from Castelo Branco to Covilha, we took the scenic route near the Spanish border so we could take in one of the most interesting places that we visited on the entire trip.The mountaintop village of Monsanto was once voted the 'most Portugese village in Portugal', and it really was something else!!As we passed through the tiny hamlet of Relva, only minutes away from Monsanto itself, we came upon these two huge boulders that had obviously fallen over. I did not like the look of it, so close to the road, so stopped the car to see what I could do to help. As you can see, I have managed to get one of them partially upright but had to quit at that - it was just too heavy to reach the full upright position. Whatever you do, don't try this without proper training!!
This is coming from a girl who is not afraid of heights! The walls that surround the town of Obidos are well worth a jaunt, however be REALLY careful. The walls in some sections are very high...I'd approximate 20-30 ft up, and there is no sort of railing to keep you from tripping off. The cobblestones on the wall tend to be very uneven, so take it slow, watch your footing and don't get too close to the edge....oh and enjoy the beuatiful views!
MMMMMMMMM Porto, the best wine and my favorite one!OK it is not a standard wine, even the taste is different, Porto is calssificated as a strong alcohol drink, and as a backed wine, it has some sort of mixed taste with a good wine and something *I don't know how to say really* like whisky!it is very easy to fall in love with this great alcoholic drink, and once you try you will sure consider it as one of the favorites drinks!so it is indeed very Dangerous, it could lead you to alcholism without your feeling!so if you are sure that you could be modirated, Porto is the best wine a person can have ;-D
After finishing our most northerly Portugal drive in the 'Geraz do Minho' region, we decided to take a mountainous shortcut back toward Lamego. As we wound our way up and down the switchback roads to make our way through the Parque Natural do Alvao, just north and west of Vila Real, we could not help but notice how far down it was if you happened to go over the edge! These red and white stone blocks embedded in the ground were there to do 'guardrail' duties - and we saw quite a few of them that had been knocked out of the ground and were lying on their side!At one high point, we came around a turn to find the traffic stopped while a shepherd rounded up one of his wayward goats. I meant to get a photo of this fine beast as he walked down the road toward me, but he suddenly bolted as he got closer. I guess that I should have had the shutter button partially depressed to prime the focus. It...
Lapa Palace Lisbon
4 Reviews and 206 Opinions Great weekend. Best hotel in Lisbon for gardens and outside pool 5* and so not cheap. Excellent...
Sheraton Porto Hotel & Spa Porto
2 Reviews and 303 Opinions I have no words to explain how much I liked the place. I paid 50 euros for a double room and What a...
Hotel Calheta Beach Madeira Island
1 Review and 219 Opinions Calheta has a marvelous marina and have the only beach of yellow sand. It´s situated in the West...
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