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.

The Algarve when the crowds are gone: a kayak to the sea caves, a walk on the cliffs and an afternoon in Lagos.
From October to May the Algarve coast belongs to the people who live there, and to the growing number of remote workers who spend the winter. We paddle to the sea caves around Benagil when the sea allows it, walk the cliff path and finish in Lagos, a town with a year-round community of newcomers.
Sea conditions decide the kayak route on the day; if the sea is rough we swap it for a longer cliff walk.
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.