Portugal Travel Guides & Best Destinations | Charlie on Travel https://charlieontravel.com/category/europe/portugal/ UK Travel Blog Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:30:33 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://charlieontravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-Charlie-on-Travel-Favicon-32x32.png Portugal Travel Guides & Best Destinations | Charlie on Travel https://charlieontravel.com/category/europe/portugal/ 32 32 Where to Stay in Porto: Best Areas & Hotels (2026) https://charlieontravel.com/where-to-stay-porto/ https://charlieontravel.com/where-to-stay-porto/#respond Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:24:10 +0000 https://charlieontravel.com/?p=16153 Porto is small, walkable and easy to love, which is good news when you are deciding where to stay. Almost everywhere central puts you within a short stroll of the Ribeira, the port lodges and a taberna worth queuing for. But each neighbourhood has its own character, and the right base makes a real difference […]

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]]> https://charlieontravel.com/where-to-stay-porto/feed/ 0 11 Winter Sun Destinations (That We’ve Actually Been To) https://charlieontravel.com/winter-sun/ https://charlieontravel.com/winter-sun/#respond Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:13:42 +0000 https://charlieontravel.com/?p=15657 Every “best winter sun” destination list says the same thing: Tenerife, Dubai, the Maldives. They’re not wrong, those places are reliably warm, but the lists all read like a travel brochure, written by someone who hasn’t necessarily been. This one is different. Every destination on our winter sun list is one we’ve travelled to, picked […]

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]]> https://charlieontravel.com/winter-sun/feed/ 0 Where to Stay in Lisbon: Alfama, Graça & Beyond https://charlieontravel.com/where-to-stay-lisbon/ https://charlieontravel.com/where-to-stay-lisbon/#respond Sat, 11 Jul 2026 10:03:58 +0000 https://charlieontravel.com/?p=15334 Deciding where to stay in Lisbon shapes your whole trip: the city’s neighbourhoods are so distinct that the same holiday can feel completely different from one hill to the next. We have stayed in Lisbon three times, twice in Alfama and once further from the city centre. This guide covers the two neighbourhoods we know […]

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]]> https://charlieontravel.com/where-to-stay-lisbon/feed/ 0 Is Lisbon Expensive? How Much To Budget in 2026 https://charlieontravel.com/lisbon-budget/ https://charlieontravel.com/lisbon-budget/#respond Sat, 11 Jul 2026 08:07:59 +0000 https://charlieontravel.com/?p=15310 Lisbon has long been held up as Europe’s budget-friendly gem, but is it still? We visited twice: once in September 2020, midway through the pandemic, and again in April 2026. Both times we stayed in the Alfama neighbourhood. The city we found on our return was recognisably the same place we fell in love with, […]

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]]> https://charlieontravel.com/lisbon-budget/feed/ 0 Lisbon or Porto: Which Portuguese City To Choose? https://charlieontravel.com/lisbon-vs-porto/ https://charlieontravel.com/lisbon-vs-porto/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://charlieontravel.com/?p=12189 Lisbon or Porto? We have been asked this question more times than we can count, and the honest answer has always been the same: Por que não ambos? (Why not both?) But if you are short on time and have to choose, this guide is for you. Between us, we have visited Lisbon three times […]

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]]> https://charlieontravel.com/lisbon-vs-porto/feed/ 2 Foz do Douro: Porto’s Secret by the Sea https://charlieontravel.com/foz-do-douro/ https://charlieontravel.com/foz-do-douro/#respond Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:16:52 +0000 https://charlieontravel.com/?p=15217 Foz do Douro is Porto‘s well-heeled seaside neighbourhood at the mouth of the River Douro. Less than 20 minutes from the historic centre of Porto, it offers the beach, the breeze, and the fresh seafood without the crush of tourists that descend on Ribeira every summer. I first visited Porto centre in 2020 and returned […]

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]]> https://charlieontravel.com/foz-do-douro/feed/ 0 Porto Travel Guide: Things to Do, Eat & See in a Weekend https://charlieontravel.com/porto-portugal/ https://charlieontravel.com/porto-portugal/#respond Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://charlieontravel.com/?p=12191 Porto feels heartier, friendlier and more wholesome than anywhere else we visited in Portugal. We arrived after a weekend in Coimbra and Lisbon, and by the time we’d ridden a rented scooter out of the city into the Douro Valley vineyards, we were smitten.  This Porto travel guide covers everything we’d tell a friend planning […]

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]]> https://charlieontravel.com/porto-portugal/feed/ 0 Burgau: A Hidden Gem on the Algarve https://charlieontravel.com/burgau-algarve/ https://charlieontravel.com/burgau-algarve/#comments Sun, 16 Feb 2025 18:39:23 +0000 https://charlieontravel.com/?p=13543 Burgau is the Algarve’s best-kept secret. After finding Carvoeiro to be more like a tourist resort than the quaint fishing village we had hoped for, we feared that all of Portugal’s beaches had been overtaken by big hotels and become homogeneous. Then we found Burgau. Tucked away on the southern coast, this small, authentic Portuguese […]

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]]> https://charlieontravel.com/burgau-algarve/feed/ 2 Carvoeiro: A Guide to the Algarve Beach Town https://charlieontravel.com/carvoeiro-algarve/ https://charlieontravel.com/carvoeiro-algarve/#respond Mon, 19 Jun 2023 14:45:25 +0000 https://charlieontravel.com/?p=13054 Carvoeiro in Portugal’s Algarve region is a beach town best suited to those wanting a smaller resort town with easy access to hiking, kayaking and day trips. In this short guide, we take you on a journey to Carvoiero’s best beaches, rocky caves and coastal paths. Whilst Carvoeiro was once a fishing village, it’s now […]

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]]> https://charlieontravel.com/carvoeiro-algarve/feed/ 0 Douro Valley in Portugal https://charlieontravel.com/douro-valley-in-portugal/ https://charlieontravel.com/douro-valley-in-portugal/#respond Sat, 20 Feb 2021 18:13:35 +0000 https://charlieontravel.com/?p=12211 Portugal’s Douro Valley stole our hearts. We jumped on a rented scooter in Porto and headed out into the rolling, vineyard-covered hills of the Douro wine region. The winding road spiralled through vineyards. They took us past tiny hillside villages and down along the riverside of the Douro river. The Douro Valley is actually famous […]

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