15 Best Things to Do in Entroncamento (Portugal)
This railway town in the Tagus Valley was born in the industrial age when camps were pitched for workers at a junction in the network (“entroncamento” is junction in Portuguese). …
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15 Best Things to Do in Cergy (France)
In the northwestern suburbs of Paris, Cergy is part of a new town that was built to answer a housing crisis after the war. Cergy was joined to its neighbouring …
25 Best Things to Do in Ljubljana (Slovenia)
If you’ve never been to Ljubljana you better have a good excuse. In the centre of Slovenia, it’s a clean, forward-thinking city with architecture has an Italian inflection. Ljubljana owes …
12 Best Things to Do in Vila Nova de Santo André (Portugal)
On the Alentejo coast, Vila Nova de Santo André is a new town developed for the vast container port in Sines. What Vila Nova de Santo André lacks in big-hitting …
11 Best Things to Do in Almeirim (Portugal)
On the fertile plain of the Tagus River, Almeirim is a small provincial town near the city of Santarém. Equestrianism and bull-fighting are the culture in Almeirim, and on Ascension …
15 Best Things to Do in Abrantes (Portugal)
The town of Abrantes is commanded by a medieval castle above the right bank of the Tagus River, which bends past far below. The townscape is hilly but the surrounding …
15 Best Things to Do in Saint-Joseph (Reunion, France)
In Reunion’s Sud Sauvage “Wild South”, Saint-Joseph is a region with black sandy beaches on its coast and scenery inland that will leave you lost for words. Two rivers course …
15 Best Things to Do in Ílhavo (Portugal)
Cod is almost a way of life in Portugal, and if ever there’s a place to go to understand this affection it’s at a base of the country’s “White Fleet”. …
15 Best Things to Do in Gafanha da Nazaré (Portugal)
Between the Aveiro Lagoon and the Atlantic, Gafanha da Nazaré is a seafaring town in the Ílhavo municipality. With the scent of brine in the air and trawlers still moored …
15 Best Things to Do in Angra do Heroísmo (Portugal)
A World Heritage town on the Azorean island of Terceira, Angra do Heroísmo has ruled the archipelago since the Age of Discovery. Thanks to this mid-Atlantic setting it looks like …