Good Wine Gal Travels: Portugal

Portugal 2024 - Planning & Arrival in Lisbon

If the world is your oyster, then Portugal is the pearl. And I've enjoyed a lot of oysters. After my trip to Portugal this past spring where I spent 6 weeks traveling from the bottom to  the top, the warmer south to the cooler north, I had an epiphany: Portugal is a jewel. It's safe, beautiful, affordable, accessible and likely in the DNA of everyone on the planet. 

My itinerary included a yoga retreat, a beach stay, the Women in Wine Expo in Porto, a trip down the Douro River Valley, a flight to the island of Madeira with food and wine overarching it all. The goal was to travel with a light footprint - only carry-on luggage, traveling by bus and train, walking as much as possible while visiting famous wine producers, beautiful beaches, and staying at affordable guest houses. Having visited Lisbon and the peninsula in 2018 as part of my wine studies and wine buying career, this trip was going to be devoted to an easy pace. What started with air fare FOMO turned into one of the best adventures of my life - a six week solo travel adventure around Portugal.

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