It had to be memorable. My last tour of 2019. I spent 6 hours with two nice guests, from Singapore and Malaysia, but living in Australia. They were real enthusiasts in having the greatest experience in the city. We went down from the viewpoint of Edward VII to Bairro Alto…

Cruise ship tourism — a love and hate relationship. Love for those who would like to travel with some comfort, hate for those who see it as an environmental menace. Love, exciting and new… come a board… we’re expecting yoooouuuu! The Love boat! …

Grabbing your backpack and off you go to see the world. That’s an idyllic image if you want to become an adventurous traveler. It’s all good, but then you need the money. Travelling implies transport, finding somewhere to sleep and eat and…coming back home. A begpacker will answer: “Sure! I…

The image of a tour guide has lost its credibility for the last few years in Portugal. Here are some reasons why. I have been working as a guide for five years and my daily work make me think about the definition of a tour guide. Is he/she a simple…

I took a Master in Tourism three years ago and the last year was spent in Renovar a Mouraria, a social organization which has been developing a lot of interesting projects in order to give support to the neighbourhood and Migrantour is one of them. Mouraria is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the city, born exactly in 1147, after the conquest of the first king of Portugal, D. Afonso Henriques, against the Moors. The survivors, who decided to stay, made an agreement with the king and they were forced to live outside the city…

Here I am back to the writing on this wonderful world of blogging. (applause) I’m still recovering from holidays, and trying to cope with the routine and other things which made me first tired, wishing to be on holidays again, and second without any kind of creativity. Well, I need…

Overtourism is here and it can give a bad impact to the environment and local communities. We don’t want to stop visiting other countries, but we need to keep in mind basic rules in order to become a responsible traveller. …

The best festivities in Lisbon are in June. We celebrate Saint Anthony and we kind of forget its religious meaning. As soon as June arrives, we can only think of one single word — “Party!” and here we go, as a yearly ritual, walking on the narrow streets of Alfama…

This weekend in Lisbon, there was a festival which payed tribute to the traditional rituals of masks from Portugal and Spain. The highlight of this festival is the parade. Walking through a corridor of people, amazed by their colourful masks and costumes, the different characters ran or walked proudly exhibiting…