Category: Portugal

I tend to shy away from personal posts on my travel blogs, but anniversaries always make me sentimental!  This week we celebrate three years since our family decided to uproot and move to Portugal. It was not the uprooting in the traditional sense, as we had already traveled full-time with our five kids for a…

From sunny beaches with sugar-soft sand to historic downtowns and dozens of museums, Portugal offers families endless fun. However, it’s hard to beat visiting a historic castle in Europe! Some of the best castles in Portugal reside in the gorgeous, charming city of Sintra.  Sintra is a gem waiting to be discovered and is easily…

Even though we’ve lived in Portugal for two years now, we just got around to visiting the beautiful Portuguese island of Madeira last summer. Boy, were we shocked! We absolutely fell in love with Madeira. Within a few days, we were looking up properties for sale and wondering if our kids would move there! For…

We had just concluded our trip to Scotland, and our next destination was none other than – Madeira Island in Portugal. We’ve discovered much on this trip and really had a perfect family vacation! Unlimited ice cream, swimming, entertainment, and delicious food are the stuff of kids’ and parents’ dreams alike.  If you’ve never experienced…

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Hey friends! I don’t often do family updates as we are primarily here to empower and enable you to travel more with your families, whether full-time or short-term. However, we just passed our year anniversary of moving to Portugal, and I always get a lot of interest in how things are going as ex-pats! If you…

Are you seeking rolling green hills, stunning lakes, sea cliff views, iron-rich hot springs, and more? The Azores reminded our family of a cold Maui (granted, we went in winter!) filled with beautiful cows (and yes, they are beautiful). The main island of São Miguel has a lot to offer to families looking to explore, relax and enjoy the…

Drinking in the beauty of the Azores Islands, or “Portugal’s Hawaii,” can be done around the island by boat, car, or foot. It’s difficult not to be stunned by every view and landscape on the island. The endless, rolling farm fields, tea plantations, old calderas, lakes, and incredible coastlines will sink deep in your memory. We\’ve visited this…

The Azores Islands offer incredible beauty, peaceful landscape, and breathtaking coastlines.  Due to volcanic activity, they also offer many of the joys of geothermal adventures, and hot springs are on the top of our family’s list of fun. We’ve visited hot springs around the world like the Blue Lagoon and other Hot Springs near Reykkajiv and the Hot Water Beach on…