Having spent a lot of time in the Caribbean over the years, we are suckers for an amazing sunset. However the one thing we’ve always...

You may never have heard of Cabo de São Vicente, but right up until the end of the 14th century, many believed this windswept headland...

This time last year, I was working in the UK and commuting to the office. That required a lot of cycling kit....a winter jacket; tights;...

One of the beaches close to where we live is the beautiful Praia da Luz, meaning beach of light. It is one of our favourite places to go...

If you've never been to a market while visiting Portugal, then you're really missing out! Gypsy markets; flea markets and farmers markets...

There were two firsts for Team Castaway at the weekend - it rained for the first time since we arrived in August, and we also had our...

If you’ve ever travelled to Portugal, you can’t help but have noticed the beautiful tiles on many buildings in every town; city and...

About an hour South of Lisbon, we stumbled upon the tiny village of Carrasqueira. You wouldn't think such a little place would be home to...

Guarda is one of those places we found simply by chance. On our journey down to Portugal, we looked at the map; worked out a rough...

We're sure many of you have seen footage over the summer from the terrible wildfires that have taken place this year in Europe - mainly...

A few weeks ago, we spent a very enjoyable day following some beautiful classic cars around the Algarve. It was the latest edition of the...

Team Castaway are big fans of road trips. It's the perfect way to get to those magical remote places, and find wonderful locations that...

If cycling in the sunshine on quiet roads with fantastic scenery is your thing, then Portugal is the place to do it! I had become...

Well there's a question, and the answer is - it's our little dream that is going to evolve in time and hopefully capture your...

Team Castaway are lucky enough to have visited Portugal for over thirty years. We're still amazed when we speak to keen travellers who...

One of the main reasons for moving to Portugal was to enjoy the weather, especially after twenty years of the rainy climate in...

We hadn't initially planned to blog about the drive down to Portugal, but it was so picturesque that we couldn 't resist sharing some of...

I remember making the booking for our ferry back in April. At the time it felt like a distant dream; but now it is very much...

It's been a couple of months since we left our base in the North West of England, and we have been staying in our home city of Edinburgh...

.....but we just didn't realise how much we had until we tried to fit it all into boxes! We read a survey that revealed 40% of home...