Cordoba Gate, Carmona, Spain
Spain Again – Sticking to the South
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Travelling in a motorhome, it’s often the weather that helps us choose our next destination and for now that is definitely the case. We will explore the North of Portugal…

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Motorhome Life – a 24 week cost breakdown
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Since setting off in our Laika Motorhome from the UK last year we’ve been keeping records of our spending to help with forward planning, to look back on and see…

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Pulo do Lobo falls Jump of the Wolf
Waterfalls and Jumping wolves – Mertola
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We were on our way to Mertola in Buzz after our night by the Barragem do Alqueva (dam) but felt that it would be wrong to miss Moura along the…

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Motorhome parking Monsaraz
Amazing Monsaraz and the Alqueva Dam
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Driving Buzz across country off the beaten track is always more pleasant than battling our way along the main roads so we took the shorter but in time terms longer…

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Elvas - Aqueduct with Buzz parked
Elvas – Aqueducts and marble
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Driving into Elvas a UNESCO World Heritage site our next and much anticipated destination, you just can’t help but see and be impressed by the fabulous Aqueduct which looms ahead…

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Evora Monte - Marcella on the castle wall feature
Evora, Evoramonte and Estremoz
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We could easily have spent another day or two in Lisbon but with 2 days of grey, possibly wet and miserable weather forecast we decided to move on. We’d never…

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Lively in Lisbon
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From our dam side parking slot at Barrgem do Pego do Altar we decided for the next part of our Laika motorhome tour to push on north to Lisbon even…

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Cupid and the Coast of Alentejo
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Reluctantly leaving the Algarve behind, the next region, Alentejo, beckoned.  Having seen some stunning coastal scenery already we thought we were leaving it all behind but then we arrived at…

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Wild & Windy Atlantic in the Algarve
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After Cabo De Sao Vicente we turned our eyes north and the wilder less developed Costa Vicentina or the western Atlantic coast.  This is virtually all natural park (parque natural…

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Natural rock formations off the coast at Lagos
Motorhoming To The Edge of Europe
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Continuing our motorhome journey along the Algarve we arrived at Alvor. A huge motorhome park awaited us yet again with dozens of vans all lined up filling a vast area,…

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