Blog – Walking Tours Porto & Lisbon

The amazing Portuguese Gastronomy: Even though Portuguese gastronomy is confined to a small geographic area, it is influenced by the Atlantic – we have 850 km of Atlantic coastline – and by the Mediterranean – with the famous trilogy bread, wine, and olive oil. There are many reasons to visit Portugal and food might just be one of the best ones! We produce, transform, cook, serve, and eat good food, and want to share all of...Read More

Myths and Legends of Portugal: Today marks the Restoration of the Portuguese Monarchy, an important day in the Portuguese calendar. The 60 years of Spanish domination, before D. João IV won back independence, was caused by the impetuous actions of Portugal’s young king, D. Sebastião. D. Sebastião: In 1578 the king set sail for Morocco to claim more land for the growing Portuguese empire. A very religious man, he also...Read More

Independence Day of Portugal: Did you know that Portugal lost its independence and had been under Spanish rule for six decades? That’s right!… and we are about to explain to you why it happened and how we gained our freedom back! How Portugal lost its Independence: First of all, we need to travel back in time to the second half of the XVI century. Morocco was living a succession struggle...Read More