Museo do Caramulo, Central Portugal, is a museum of vintage cars and an art collection featuring works by Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and other great masters. It is located on the southern slope in the mountains of the “Serra do Caramulo” overlooking a wide panorama. The museum was opened in 1959 by President Américo Tomás. As …
The plan was to continue the Ecopista the next day from the point where we had turned around in Tondela, but the weather put a spoke into our wheel ;-). The next day it was raining cats and dogs, so we decided to drive on. We found a very interesting museum in Caramulo – details …
After hiking in the mountains, we decided to change to riding the bikes for a while. We chose the Ecopista – or Via Verde how it would be called in Spain – along the Dão river, starting in Santa Comba Dão. The disused branch line once connected Viseu with Santa Comba Dão. Almost 50 kilometres …
Our second hike in the Serra da Estrela started near Manteigas. We were climbing the mountains with the camper to reach Pass Cruz da Jogadas with beautiful views over the Serra. (40.423894, -7.516474) From here the route from my Rother online guide took us first to the chapel of São Lourenço with great views into …
We had reached the Serra da Estrela, which are the highest mountains of the Portuguese mainland with a height up to 1993 m. With the Rother online guide downloaded, we were eager to do some hiking in these mountains. The first hike was taking us to countless weathered granite rocks at the plateau of the …
We still had one more monastery on our list: the Convento de Cristo in Tomar. This fortified monastery was founded in 1162 by Templar Knights. First a castle was built to withstand the attacks of the Moors. Soon it was turned into a monstery. Its centerpiece is the old round church, which houses another octagonal …
We were now in an area of Portugal where 3 important monasteries are located close to each other – in Alcobaça, Batalha and Tomar. We bought a combi ticket for all three of them and visited the first two on one day! Alcobaça Monastery The monstery was founded in 1153 as a gift from the …
Hiking around the peninsula of Peniche, we encountered a fascinating coast. Afterwards we still had the energy to visit the lovely historic town of Óbidos. Cabo Carvoeiro We had parked in the south of the peninsula (39.354904, -9.38826) and started our hike from there, clockwise around the island. The coast is dominated by cliffs where …
After leaving Lisbon on a rainy day, we reached the most western point of the European mainland before we visited Sintra. Aqui, onde a terra se acaba e o mar começa … Here, where the earth ends and the sea begins … Cabo da Roca Cabo da Roca – as the most western point of …
Back in Lisbon, we visited a classic cars exhibition, took the cable car along the Tejo river and attended a Fado show at a well-known restaurant. Doppelmayr cable car along the Tejo river Great view from the cable car On a poster in Lisbon, we saw that there was a classic car exhibition just this …
