PORTUGAL
Portugal
Thursday
Hotel *- Lisboa Pessoa (30 min from airport) in Chiado
Lunch at Bairro do Avillez (Taberna)* - cheese/charcuterie, beef croquettes, crispy cod, prawns w garlic and chile, coffee + wine
Stroll - Pink St, TO Market, shopping.
Pool
Dinner at Sala de João Sá* - 5 course tasting INCREDIBLE.
Toca da Raposa *- Beaver. Polar bear
Friday
Slept in
Merendinha - Breakfast. Avocado sandwiches and coffee
Shopping
Castelo de São Jorge*
Lunch at Cais das Colunas - black paella and clams
Shopping
Dinner at Da Noi * - Pickles, halloumi, tuna taco, scallops, white beans, shrimp pappardelle, tomato salad, potato terrine,
Drink at Vago *- old fashioned, Manhattan
Drink at Side Bar - Aperol Spritz
Drink at Casa Dos Pecados - Wine
Saturday
Breakfast at hotel ($51)
Uber Sintra $25 + $8 to palace
Pena Palace (bus $5)
Padaria Saloia - veggie pizza
Train $3.25 to Lisbon
Amorino Gelato
Shopping
Las Dos Manos * - wine but looked really cool
The Decadante *- sourdough w/ smoked butter, smoked corn, decadent’s fried chicken, cured horse mackerel, Iberian black pork, old Fashioneds
Federico’s *- Manhattan + paper plane + wine
Sunday
Breakfast at Caffe di Marzano* - Benedict, Halloumi + scrambled eggs, coffee
RecordGo - rental car. Took an hour to get the car.
Drove to Algarve. Beautiful drive - vineyards, olive trees, orange trees , etc. with stop about 3 hours
Stopped at a service area - great sandwiches! Colibri
Arrived in Tavirna
CUTE hotel Colegio Charm House *
Walked through town
Dinner at Restaurante Nó De Gosto *- Couvert (bread, olives, herbed better, cod spread), smoked ham from Zambujal, vegetables tempura, tuna magnum, scallop and shrimp risotto
Drinks on roof
Monday
Breakfast at hotel - WOW
Ferry to island 2.5€
Xiri Beach Club 15€ / umbrella and chairs
Aperol Spritz + toasties
Dinner at Capelo - bread, olives, etc. Tuna and Sardines
Drink at Maria Nova Hotel Nomad Bar - rooftop, great view
Tuesday
Breakfast at Hotel
Drove to Carvioera
Praia de Marinha *- parking 😬 but beautiful
Lunch at O Rustíco Restaurante * - wine, white fish ceviche, octopus
Hotel in Carveoiro - Hotel Carveoiro Plaza
Walk through town
Drink on roof - Sky Bar
Dinner Encci *- Burrata Di Andria, Pizza 3 mozzarella, pizza nduja, Bicicletta, wine
Wednesday
Breakfast at hotel - meh
Brotherootz* - kayak to caves. Caio
Pottery shopping at *Casa Grade-Artesanatos Grade & Filhos, Lda.
Lunch at O’Rustico - ceviche, tuna tataki salad and wine
Beach
Dinner at Casa Algarvia - Couvert, Portuguese clams, Cataplana, cod fish broa, wine
Stroll
Gelato
Thursday
Breakfast at hotel
Big walk - Caminho dos Promontorios* + Caminho Algar Seco* + Boneca (cliffs)*
Lunch at Tapas de Vila* - fish soup, cod croquettes, shrimp w piri piri
Nap/rain
Drink at Boneca Bar* - couvert and wine
Dinner at Chef’s Kitchen* - old Fashioneds , meatball, spring roll Bengali/Ghana, tuna tataki, pork taco, wine
Round Up - karaoke bar w Helen and Sonya
Friday
Breakfast at hotel
Beach
Drive to Lisbon 2.5 hours