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PORTUGAL - LISBON - O SOLAR DOS LEITOES
O SOLAR DOS LEITOES This is a hidden restaurant on the outskirts of Monsanto, where you can enjoy delicious traditional Portuguese...
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PORTUGAL - OPORTO - TABERNA REAL DO FADO
TABERNA REAL DO FADO As we were in Portugal and Porto it seemed a good idea to take in a Fado evening. This Fado Taberna is a very good...
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PORTUGAL - PORTO - MATOSINHOS - RESTAURANTE O LUSITANO
RESTAURANTE O LUSITANO This is our second visit to this restaurant in Matosinhos, Just north of Porto. All the seafood is cooked on the...
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PORTUGAL - OPORTO - COCKBURN'S PORT LODGE
A visit to Porto and the Port Houses/Lodges across the River Duero in Vila Nova de Gaia. It is a pleasant walk across the famous Dom Luís...
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PORTUGAL - PORTO - MATOSINHOS - RESTAURANTE O LUSITANO
RESTAURANTE O LUSITANO Jonathon Lipsin adds his second trip across the border into Portugal and Porto. I am writing this because I...
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PORTUGAL - PORTO - GANDRE - RESTAURANTE FLÔR DO BALDO
A Food experience across the border in Porto, Portugal by Jonathon Lipsin RESTAURANTE FLÔR DO BALDO Today I was taken by my friends here...
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A SHORT FISHY AUTUMN TOUR OF THE ALGARVE IN COVID TIMES
September 2020 Our first stop is to the beach town of Praia da Rocha, I last came here, in 1998, I noticed, that the main strip does not...
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UK - ENGLAND - MANCHESTER - CANTO
CANTO We came to Canto, which is a recent creation of Simon Shaw of El Gata Negro Tapas fame, on an unusually sunny Sunday Lunchtime In...
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PORTUGAL - ALGARVE - MONTE REI GOLF CLUB - RESTAURANTE VISTAS -
One Michelin Star RESTAURANTE VISTAS We had a short hop over the border into Portugal for a round of golf at Monte Rei Golf & Country...
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PORTUGAL - LISBON - BAIRRO DO AVILLEZ
BAIRRO DO AVILLEZ For our third and final lunch on our short Lisbon trip, we decided on something more modern and trendy after two very...