15 Best Things to Do in Câmara de Lobos (Portugal)
The seaside town of Câmara de Lobos was one of Madeira’s earliest settlements in the 15th century. There’s a pair of churches from these times, and a cove where caravels …
15 Best Things to Do in São João da Madeira (Portugal)
The town of São João da Madeira in the Aveiro District often polls as one of Portugal’s most liveable places. There’s isn’t a lot of history here and this working …
15 Best Things to Do in Machico (Portugal)
On Madeira’s east coast, Machico was where the island’s discoverers first landed in 1419. The beach they arrived at looks very different now as the stones were replaced with Moroccan …
15 Best Things to Do in Lamego (Portugal)
In the Upper Douro Valley, wreathed in vineyards and maize farms, Lamego is a town that turns heads for its art, Baroque architecture and wine. Every church or chapel needs …
15 Best Things to Do in Caniço (Portugal)
A quiet coastal community in the southeast of Madeira, Caniço has many of the island’s best qualities. There are impossibly steep hills, pebble beaches and sheer cliffs. t Garajau there’s …
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). …
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 …
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 …