Lucy Bryson

If you have a car, you can cover Coimbra and the coast in three days. Alternatively, you can veer inland and drive directly to the mountains—just don’t underestimate the amount of time it will take to negotiate those winding mountain roads.  If You Have 3 Days  Spend your first morning in Coimbra, with a stroll … Continued

If You Have 2 Days Public transportation is preferable if you’re just hitting the main sights, but renting a car is a good way to get a little off the beaten track and pack a lot of experiences into a short time. Start in Lisbon and drive to Estoril, where you can soak up the … Continued

And these statues shall reign forever and ever.

Would you eat this penis-shaped pastry?

Portugal's town of Sesimbra hosts an annual Clown Parade is thought to be the largest in the world.

The resilient worker bee has become a symbol of the city’s unity in the face of terror attacks.

There’s no better vacation than touring the countryside, ogling magnificent medieval architecture, and sipping wine.

Parque Nacional Peneda-Gerês, the only national park in Portugal, is an under-explored destination unique in every way.

You don’t need to speak much Portuguese to recoil in horror when a scan of the booze aisle reveals "Licor de Merda." Wait, what? "Liqueur of Poop"? Why would anybody drink that?

Where black-hatted witch doctors and fortune tellers offer to end a run of bad luck, protect customers from the evil eye, or boost performance in bed.