writing and hiking in the sun
If there’s one thing that Harri does extremely well it’s choosing exquisite hotels. I was too exhausted to really appreciate our surroundings last night but this morning … wow! The panorama from the Hotel de Montanha’s breakfast room was breathtaking … Continued
Foz de Alge might be a sleepy backwater nowadays but back in the seventeenth century this little village was at the forefront of industrial innovation. Long before the reservoir existed, a forge was built at the water’s edge to … Continued
It’s amazing how different everywhere looks when the sun is shining (and you’ve had a good night’s sleep). Our route out of Ferreira do Zêzere was far prettier than our walk in, and by the time we’d left the town … Continued
We arrived in Tomar around half past nine, having caught an earlier train than originally planned. The two-hour journey was slow and the scenery alongside the track not particularly enthralling, but it was hard to grumble at the cost: the state-owned … Continued
