Author: Jim Carter

So we arrived here on Monday 29th July and the temperature was a roasting 39 degrees, a bit hot to be travelling from the station on a tram to our accommodation and then climbing 60 stairs with a heavy suitcase but we did it. Apartment is very nice and spacious, with a good outdoor area,…

Arrived in Anglet yesterday, a suburb of Biarritz. It’s about a 40 minute walk into the centre of Biarritz, which we did today. Very pleasant walk with great views of the coastline going south and north along the Atlantic ocean. Brilliant for surfing and an array of beach activities and sports taking place, which is…

Although we have used trains mainly for our travels in Europe there are some routes where a bus is just as good, and in parts of northern Spain it’s the only alternative, as high speed railway infrastructure isn’t as developed as in other countries like France. We took a bus from Burgos to Biarritz, had…

Didn’t really know what to expect when we arrived in this northern Spanish city, but it wasn’t long before we realised it was another beautiful city that rivalled the cities we’ve seen in southern Spain. I would certainly recommend a trip to Burgos. It’s on the camino way, pilgrim route when travelling to Santiago de…

After Porto it was a bus journey to Vigo, only there for 2 nights, so only one full day, so not able to give a comprehensive review of the place. The reason for going there was simply because it was too far to get from Porto to Burgos in one go, so it was a…

We’ve had our first full day in Porto, and what a beautiful city it is too! We went on a guided walking tour around the city with Felippe, pictured in the featured image of this post. We organised it through airbnb, I recommend doing this as it’s a great way to find your way around…

We stayed for 3 nights in Cascais, which is a beach resort suburb of Lisbon. We caught a train from Cais do Sodre, a 40 minute journey. It’s a pleasant enough town with some nice town beaches, although must admit a bit of a big contrast to what we’ve enjoyed over the last month in…

So we’ve now been in Tavira for 2 weeks and it’s ticking all the boxes, although we’ve had a bit of unusually iffy weather for a couple of days here and there. We’ve enjoyed cooking plenty of meals in the apartment (see separate post under the food and stuff tab). Here’s some new images and…