Author: The Travelling Surveyor
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A trip to Brazil – “Baixada Santista” – Santos – SP – Part 2 – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Santos. VISITING SANTOS – PART 2 I will start Part 2 of Santos, moving on from the city centre and to the neighbourhoods on the beaches, I will start in “Ponta da Praia”.…
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A trip to Brazil – “Baixada Santista” – Santos – SP – Part 1- What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Santos. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SANTOS Santos is in the São Vicente Island together with São Vicente. Santos started in 1531 as a small hamlet called Porto de São Vicente. In 1543 it…
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A trip to Brazil – “Baixada Santista” – São Vicente – SP – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in São Vicente. As a Brazilian living in the UK for more than 30 years, we usually go to Brazil almost every year to visit relatives and friends, but regrettably because of the pandemic,…
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A trip to Portugal in 7 days – Óbidos – Day 7 – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Óbidos and around. Our friends were staying in Óbidos for another week and were planning to drive to Porto to stay there for a couple of nights, but we were at the end…
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A trip to Portugal in 7 days – Cabo da Roca, Azenhas do Mar and Óbidos – Day 6 – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Azenhas do Mar and around. Another very dark day in Sintra, but at least it was not raining. We checked out of the hotel and went to collect our hired car by taxi…
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A trip to Portugal in 7 days – Sintra – Day 5 – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Sintra Day 5. The day started bright and clear with no rain. The plan today was to visit the “Chalet of the Countess of Edla”, “Convent of Capuchos” and “Quinta da Regaleira”. As…
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A trip to Portugal in 7 days – Sintra – Day 4 – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Sintra Day 4. We woke up on our first day in Sintra under rainfall. After our delicious breakfast at the Sintra Boutique Hotel, we went straight to Palácio Nacional de Sintra which was…
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A trip to Portugal in 7 days – Lisbon – Day 3 – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Lisbon – Day 3. We woke up to a very rainy, dark day. We packed up and checked out of the hotel Residencial Florescente, but asked them to keep our suitcases as we…
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A trip to Portugal in 7 days – Lisbon – Day 2 – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Lisbon – Day 2. We started the second day of our visit to Lisbon early and after breakfast we walked to Praça da Figueira to catch Tram 15E that would take us to…
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A trip to Portugal in 7 days – Lisbon – Day 1 – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Lisbon – Day 1. We have been to Portugal many times. We have two friends who have houses in Portugal (one in São Martinho do Porto, and another in Óbidos), and we have…