Lisbon

To spend the year-end and New Year holidays

[Dec. 2021] We spent the year-end and New Year holidays in Portugal. We are much more free than last year when we couldn’t go anywhere because of the Covid-19 crisis. This is thanks to the…

Lisbon

About Our Last Meal in Lisbon and Our Hotel

[ Feb.2019 ] We were planning to have our last meal in Lisbon in Portugal this time at the seafood restaurant called Marisqueira do Lis, which was recommended by the guide of our private tour…

Estoi

Pousada in Estoi

[ Feb.2017 ] We stayed one night in the Pousada in Estoi, a village located about 11 km north of Faro in the Algarve region in southern Portugal. Local people pronounced Estoi as eshtoi. I was…

Tavira

Pousada in Tavira

[ Feb.2017 ] In our short holiday in Portugal in order to avoid the cold, we stayed two nights in Tavira, which is about 40 km east of Faro in Algarve. The reason why we…

Portugal

A big hotel

[ Nov.2014 ] After coming back from Monsanto to Coimbra in Portugal, we stayed in a 4 star hotel called Vila Gale. It was a big hotel where an international conference was being held. This…

Portugal

Boulder in the bathroom

[ Nov.2014 ] The accommodation we stayed in the village, Monsanto in Portugal was Taverna Lusitana. It was a B&B which has got only two rooms, but the room was surprisingly nice. We were prepared…

Portugal

Very reasonably priced hotel

[ Nov.2014 ] The first hotel we stayed in Coimbra in Portugal was three star Hotel Oslo which was very close to Coimbra A station.The exterior of the building was not particularly special, but the…

Portugal

A room with the view

[January, 2012] Then, we came back to Lisbon where we had started our journey. This time we stayed in a hotel on the hill called Olissippo. The classically decorated room was nice and spacious, but…