If You’re searching for things to do in Glasgow, you’ve come to the right place, and you are in for a treat. When we planned our first day trip to this Scottish city, we knew we wanted to experience a mix of rich history, vibrant local culture, and stunning architecture. What we didn’t expect was …
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We arrived in York after a two-and-a-half-hour drive from Bakewell, with part of the route running through some genuinely beautiful Peak District scenery. York is a different kind of city from Oxford and the Cotswolds villages we’d just left. It’s bigger, louder in places, and layered with Roman, Viking, and medieval history all stacked on …
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We did A LOT in 3 days in Scotland.
Whenever someone visits us here in Portugal, we can’t help but take them to Óbidos. It’s one of those places we just have to share. Óbidos sits right outside of Caldas da Rainha, about an hour from Lisbon, and it’s one of the best day trips from Lisbon you can take and easily one of …
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Nestled in the valleys of the rivers Alcoa and Baça, the city of Alcobaça is a quiet treasure in central Portugal, about 100 kilometers north of Lisbon. It’s best known for the magnificent Monastery of Alcobaça, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, but this medieval town has much more to offer than its famous landmark. Between its wine …
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After the busier stretch through Oxford and the Cotswolds, Bakewell was a change of pace, literally. It’s a two-and-a-half-hour drive from Longborough into the Peak District, and the town itself turned out to be one of the quietest, most unhurried stops on our entire England road trip. If Haddon Hall is the reason you’re considering …
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For a long time, Torres Vedras was just the place with the hospital. We’d drive in for appointments at CUF, do what we needed to do, and drive back out again. The first time we ever set foot there for anything else, we were watching the finish line of the Joaquim Augusto Gomes de Oliveira …
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Most Cotswolds guides try to cover fifteen villages in one scroll. We didn’t do that. On our England road trip, we picked a quiet base, drove (carefully) between a handful of villages, and took a day trip to Gloucester Cathedral that ended up being one of the most unexpectedly fascinating stops of our entire trip. …
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Tucked into the center of Portugal, the medieval town of Tomar guards one of the country’s most jaw-dropping secrets: a sprawling Templar fortress turned UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Convent of Christ in Tomar, Portugal has stood since the late 12th century, and walking through it feels like flipping through eight centuries of history in a single …
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Most people start planning a Portugal trip by asking the wrong question. They ask “what should I see?” before they’ve answered the question that actually determines everything else: how long to spend in Portugal or much time do I have to work with? It matters more than it sounds like it should. We’ve watched friends, …
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