In central Portugal, around the cliffs of the Atlantic coast, the wild sea meets Europe in full force. Surf some of the world's highest waves in Nazaré, visit whitewashed houses in Obidós or visit the striped houses of Costa Nova. Here it is close between the sights!
Monsanto could have been any small mountain village, but you can already tell as you approach the village that this is something unique. Monsanto is a stone city - built in, over and under large round stone mounds.
The small fishing village of Costa Nova outside Aveiro offers one of Portugal's real gems – the polka-dotted houses in all the colors of the rainbow.
The Bussaco forest just north of Coimbra was a spontaneous stop on our way to Porto. We wandered to the beautiful cold fountain and dreamed of a night at the castle.
There are places that take you back in history. Time bubbles that no one dares to puncture, where everything just continues to live its historical little life. This is a story about how we inadvertently went on a trip back to the 1920s. Complete with a cooking lesson that could have been created by the History Eaters.
We had read about a Michelin recommended restaurant in Nazaré – Taberna D'Adelia – where they would serve really good fish. It was only about 12 o'clock, so we took a chance and went there without a reservation. The Portuguese shouldn't be hungry yet, should they?
We stand on an almost 2000-year-old street in Conimbriga and look out over the ruins of a city. Shops, baths, a forum and an amphitheatre. Conimbriga tells the story of how people lived two thousand years ago.
As summer ends and sunbathers pack away their parasols, Nazaré begins to prepare for the next season. The surfing season with the world's highest waves
On the beach in Nazaré, mackerel and squid lie in the sun drying. As they have done for hundreds of years.
A dinner at the farm-to-table restaurant Maria Batata and a hotel that I must stay at someday!
There really is something extra charming about cities that violate the Swedish "just right". Óbidos is a city that absolutely seethes with color. This is Portugal's answer to the picturesque and whitewashed Santorini, but with its very own ring wall and a castle that sets the village's silhouette.
Our second hotel in Portugal turned out to be a really good choice, with an incredibly beautiful mosaic pool and a breakfast that I wished would never end…
