Travel
Hitchhiking from Lisbon, Part 2: From Cuenca to Valencia
There is always a time during traveling, mainly when road-tripping or hitchhiking, that the normal becomes alien to you.
Hitchhiking from Lisbon: Day 5 — Madrid, Italian Style
Atlas Correspondents Eden Flaherty and Bogdan Kamuta are hitchhiking from Lisbon to Spain. Continued from Hitchhiking from Lisbon: Day 4 We woke amongst the scattered remnants of old gas
Hitchhiking from Lisbon: Day 4 — Heading to Madrid
As strange outsiders, we clearly ruffled some feathers in a small town clique. We were left with two choices: stay in the town, or walk.
Hitchhiking From Lisbon: Day 3 — Braganca to Salamanca (well, almost)
A great aspect of hitchhiking is the semi-random nature of where you are going, and the freedom to head wherever the ride may take you.
Hitchhiking from Lisbon: Day 2 — Reaching Bragança
Heading out of Porto was extremely easy, proving the “no rides in Lisbon” theory correct, and we managed to make the roughly 150km to Braganca in three quick hops. It was once we arrived that it proved a little harder.
Hitchhiking from Lisbon: Day 1
The redeeming factor about talking to hundreds of people, over many hours at a service stop, is that the overwhelmingly positive responses go some way to restoring your faith in people.
Conímbriga, a Secret Paradise for Roman History Buffs and Hedonists
The Roman ruins at Conímbriga, near Coimbra, are a slice of Pompeii in Portugal, minus the crowds and annoying guides. And it’s still being excavated.
Off the Beaten Path: Grutas da Moeda, an Alternative to Fátima
In Batalha, just 2km outside of Fátima, lies the Grutas da Moeda, a 45-meter-deep cave that spans over 350 meters in length, and it is magical.
Monserrate: Byron, Boys, and Botanics
The municipality of Sintra is where fantasy and whimsy take material form. The city itself is enveloped by its own strange eco-system, which has lent to paranormal
Getaway: Italy’s Amalfi Coast
We spent a long weekend exploring the Amalfi Coast and what we found was a little slice of heaven.
Porto Time Lapse Blues
Video reporting on our neighbors in the North by the Man from Cork, with music by Blues
A Walk Through Avô and Piódão
Just a few hours north of Lisbon, these quaint villages offer the best of Portuguese hospitality. Plus some of the best cheese and honey in the country.