Porto

Porto

At first glance, Portugal’s second largest city may seem a lot like the capital. Both are characterized by old, colorful buildings sprawled across hilly streets and they sit beside major rivers. Porto, however, is the yin to Lisbon’s yang. Where Lisbon is literally...
Hospital de Bonecas

Hospital de Bonecas

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.  Sitting behind a pair of innocuous glass doors in Lisbon, Portugal is a miraculous doll repair shop that has managed to remain in the same spot, bringing beloved...
Dolmen Chapel of Sao Brissos

Dolmen Chapel of Sao Brissos

A neolithic tomb converted into a tiny chapel About 350 years ago this Neolithic dolmen was converted into a small Catholic Chapel known as Chapel of São Brissos Cromlech. Dolmens, sacred monuments made of standing stones capped with a top stone, appear throughout...
Madeira Island

Madeira Island

Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal. This video was made by a Portuguese student that lives in Portugal, and has gone to the island for the first time. The video shows everything that the island has to offer....
Toboggan Ride from Monte to Funchal

Toboggan Ride from Monte to Funchal

Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your “brakes” on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as “exhilarating” While you could get to the Portuguese town of Funchal from Monte on a bus, for €15, there is a much more exhilarating form of...