8 October 2021
Away from the Beaches, Why Coimbra Just Might Be Portugal’s Most Fun City
If a historic attractive city with a rollicking student life appeals to you, use your Iberia Joven discount to fly to Coimbra andjoin the party....
Away from the Beaches, Why Coimbra Just Might Be Portugal’s Most Fun City
2 September 2021
Beyond the Algarve in Portugal: the Allures of Awesome Alentejo
Portugal is a European tourism powerhouse because of the sun-and-sand allure of its southern Algarve, along with the history and culture of capital Lisbon...
12 April 2021
Kick Back in These Dreamy Beach Towns in Northern Portugal
Tucked halfway between Lisbon and Porto is one of the loveliest gems of Portugal’s entire Atlantic seaboard: Figueira da Foz, a city of just over 62,000 with broad, breezy (read: surfing and windsurfing), and laid back beaches appealing enough to entice anyone to stay all...
20 October 2020
The Winning Wines of Northern Portugal’s Vila Nova de Gaia
Is wine your thing? Just across the Douro River from Porto – just a stroll over the Dom Luis I Bridge – is another charming city called Vila Nova de Gaia that you’ll definitely want to put on your oenophile bucket list, because it’s known...
8 October 2020
Ahoy, Me Hearties! Sailing Portugal’s Algarve Coast on a ‘Pirate Ship’
Rightly one of Portugal’s top holiday magnets, its southernmost region, the Algarve, is bucolic and mellow, with picturesque old towns and fabulous cuisine. But of course visitors are mostly drawn here by its lovely rugged coast with its fabulous beaches – many of which are...
10 September 2019
Infinite White Sands in Lisbon’s Costa da Caparica
Surely you've heard of the spectacular Algarve beaches in Portugal, those incredible expanses of sand in the midst of nature. They are quite the opposite of the typical beaches backed by rows of buildings you find in more “touristy” coastal areas, and one of the...
17 April 2019
Postcard Beautiful Beaches in Faro, the Portuguese Algarve
It’s the capital of the Algarve, the beautiful coastal area in the south of Portugal. In addition, it is located right in the center, so you can explore the wild beaches that surround it away from the crowds of other more visited coastal areas. We...
23 October 2018
Porto: Home of the World’s Most “Magical” Bookstore
If you haven’t been to Portugal, you don’t know what you're missing. Not only is it a country where you’ll be welcomed with open arms; it is also quite affordable and offers so many fascinating cultural and natural resources, as well as gastronomic delights, that...
28 August 2018
Ride the Waves in Ericeira
The city of Lisbon is a great getaway regardless of the time of year. That’s because it’s one of those destinations where you know you will find excellent places to eat, affordable accommodations and smiles all around you. And when the season calls for a...
23 September 2016
Traveling as a Volunteer – in Portugal!
Have you heard of the European Voluntary Service (EVS)? It's quite an opportunity for a long period of voluntary experience abroad. That is to say, if you're young and your passport shows that you are between 17 and 30 years old, you have all the necessary requisites to...
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