The cape Cabo de São Vicente is the southwestern end of the continent Europe. There the coast of Portugal turns from west to south. This region is part of the Algarve region with awesome beaches but also a lot of tourists.

There is also a short south coast few kilometers south of Lisbon with marvelous beaches, mountains, caves and trails where we spent some nice days

Wonderful Portugal has its name from its second largest metropolis Porto on the delta of the river Rio Douro. Porto simply means port and it had during the times of the Roman Empire the name Cale - PortoCale finally became Portugal.

Bridge Ponte Dom Luís I in Porto with Rio Douro

We came the second in our lives to Portugal via the international bridge between Tui, Spain and Valença, Portugal on November 16th 2023. The bridge crosses the river Rio Minho and there is a nice cycling trail along its Portuguese shore. We started in Alto de Cerejas and pedaled upriver 26 kilometers to the nice village Monção. This trip is very convenient because it uses an former abandoned railway track, but there were some obstacles on the way...