We played in a previous entry with the idea that many people are even grateful when a rainy day comes in summer in Portugal and they have the perfect excuse to make different plans to the typical surf, beach and golf. At the opposite extreme would be hot days. But, in one more example of […]

1. Processions in Óbidos Óbidos receives thousands of visitors all year round but at Easter the usual festive atmosphere stops for a couple of hours to solemnly welcome its main procession, the Burial of the Lord, which is celebrated on Good Friday night and is followed with devotion by many people dressed in costumes of […]

All cultures appreciate the mixture of simplicity and depth that Chinese proverbs have been offering since ancient times. We especially like the one from Lao Zi that says that a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. For decades China has been a disciplined and powerful but very self-centered country. But in […]

There are studies that have calculated that children smile on average 400 times a day while adults only smile between 30 and 40 times a day. There are also several studies that have analyzed that children are much more creative than adults because they see life as a game and are able to imagine playful […]

World Wine Tourism Day is celebrated yearly on the second Sunday of November as an initiative of the European network of wine cities to publicize their activities and experiences. As we have already highlighted on several occasions in this blog, in the Oeste region of Portugal there are many interesting wineries that are worth visiting, […]

On October 1st and 2nd Bom Sucesso Resort hosted the first edition of Eutopia, a cultural festival with more that fifty activities, including concerts, theater, dance, circus or conversations with artists. The Nave held some of the conferences and a great artistic exhibition, Mercado P’la Arte, that brought to the resort the works of more […]

At Nave Lagoa, not only have we not closed for vacations during the month of August, but we have enjoyed a very special summer, full of culture and diverse activities. We started the month with a wonderful piano concert in the Central Nave, led by the young master Efrat Berestizhevsky. A few days later […]

Saramago is credited with saying that Spain and Portugal were like two Siamese twins joined at the back who had never seen each other's faces. The phrase represented well that peculiar relationship of geographical proximity and practical distance that meant that most Spaniards barely knew Lisbon, Porto, the bacalhau dourado and the towels. Today that […]

The human being is curious and adventurous by nature. And anyone who visits Cape Carvoeiro, on the westernmost tip of the Peniche peninsula, would probably be curious about some islands that are seen in the distance, about 10 km away. It is the archipelago of the Berlengas, a group of small islets, with three peculiar […]

During the pre-holiday weeks there is a classic that always comes back, together with the lists of the best beaches and the best novels: an article on false friends on trips. Between Portuguese and Spanish there are many more similarities than differences. The linguist Rosana Ortega says in her studies that up to 85% of […]