Portugal is a beautiful country, full of sand, surf, friendly locals, and delicious seafood. The entire country is full of design eye candy from the architecture, to the warm color schemes of Pena Palace and historic buildings. It even inspired some of my own designs like my Hearts of the Sea pattern and Polka Dot Sea collections.
You can check out the video to see the live shots of these places. I shall add more to the list as I revisit this beautiful country! For the majority of the trip, I stayed in Lisbon, with day trips to other regions. We used rideshare apps as our primary mode of transport, and a lot of the rideshare drivers double as tour guides. So we were able to book a day tour with them and took us all over Lisbon, Cascais, and Sintra to see all the sites. This part of the Lisbon area has 26 kilometers of beautiful beaches, lined with a boardwalk of cute eateries and beach clubs.
We visited the Praia Nova section of the coastline, and spent a luxurious, relaxing day at one of the beach clubs. I loved walking the shoreline and observing all the different kinds of sea life native to Portugal.
This is one of my favorite spots on my guide to Lisbon. At one point in the day, it started to drizzle, and the hosts were kind enough to escort us under a covered cabana. This monumental arch was built after this part of the city was decimated in an earthquake, fire, and tsunami in It was originally built to defend the city and later transformed into a lighthouse.
Look for the rhinoceros gargoyle on the Western face of the tower. As I mentioned above, we hired a tour guide for the day to take us around the Lisbon landmarks, and showed us several sites like Cascais and Boca de Inferno on the way up the mountain to Sintra.
