Soft Landing: Your First Day in Lisbon
The day-one walk we wish someone had given us: how the city works, where locals shop and how to get your basics sorted.
Few, original and made for people who live here, even if only for a few months.
The day-one walk we wish someone had given us: how the city works, where locals shop and how to get your basics sorted.
Moving here? We visit four neighbourhoods picked from your brief, at the hours you would actually live in them.
Bonfim or Matosinhos, river or sea? Four areas of Porto matched to how you want to live.
A day to see what life costs and feels like an hour from Lisbon: a city with a castle, a market town and a fishing village on the Atlantic.
Work mornings with good Wi-Fi, afternoons with olive growers, potters and a lake for swimming.
The Lisbon weekend locals keep for themselves: a coastal trail, clear water and grilled fish in Setúbal.
Order a bica, ask the pharmacist, sort a parcel at the post office. The phrases you need this week, practised where you need them.
Every Thursday, one long table in a family tasca: newcomers, remote workers and locals who like meeting them.
Up the forest trails to the Pena palace before the crowds, coffee and travesseiro, back at your laptop by noon.
The Algarve when the crowds are gone: a kayak to the sea caves, a walk on the cliffs and an afternoon in Lagos.
We come with you to rental viewings in Lisbon, Porto or Leiria, translate, ask the questions locals ask and spot what photos hide.