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May 2019

Batalha to Fatima and a day that went from bad to worse
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Batalha was our last port of call in the monastic triangle with a visit to the stately Mosteiro da Batalha, another UNESCO world heritage site  and a masterpiece of Gothic…

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A tight squeeze on the way to Tomar
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It just happened to be the Easter weekend when we visited one of Portugal’s most magnificent religious sites, the Convento de Cristo and Templar castle of Tomar. As part of…

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