{"id":4455,"date":"2026-10-24T04:33:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T04:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/?p=4455"},"modified":"2026-10-24T04:33:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T04:33:59","slug":"vacation-in-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/?p=4455","title":{"rendered":"Vacation in Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have spent 3 weeks of a well-deserved vacation in my home country, Portugal. I visited some of my favorite places: SW Coast of Alentejo (Almograve, Longueira, Odemira), and the Alto Alentejo region around Marv\u00e3o and Castelo de Vide. I had a great time sightseeing with my family and making extra time for photography. Hope you enjoy the photos, taken with Fujifilm X-E5. Majority was taken with the Fujinon 35mm f\/1.4 lens, with the Sigma 12mm f\/1.4 lens covering the wide-angle needs in Cabo Sard\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cabo Sard\u00e3o at sunset.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cabo Sard\u00e3o.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lighthouse at Cabo Sard\u00e3o.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Longueira.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Napoleon hat tree, Longueira.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Same tree as in previous photo. From this angle it is only a half-tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Odemira. Monument to the Cante Alentejano, a special type of group singing that is a World Heritage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hiking along the coast. Panorama of Brejo Largo beach.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Along the coast between Brejo Largo and Almograve.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rough sea.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Foz beach near Almograve.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Near Campo Maior, Alto Alentejo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sunrise in Esperan\u00e7a, where we stayed in a nice agro-tourism accommodation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Esperan\u00e7a.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pego do Inferno waterfall and pools, near Mosteiros. Peace and tranquility.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ouguela. This small village is close to the border with Spain. It feels like time has stand still.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ouguela, with Spain in the distance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ouguela.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Castelo de Vide (panorama of 13 images). Marv\u00e3o can be seen in the top left in the distant ridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The synagogue in Castelo de Vide. Walking in these medieval streets is like a time-travel experience.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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At the top in Marv\u00e3o. The village was founded by Ibn Marwan, and Arab emir, in the 9th Century.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Marv\u00e3o.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Marv\u00e3o.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Marv\u00e3o.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Prehistoric paintings in Lapa dos Gaiv\u00f5es, near Esperan\u00e7a. These have been dated to 5,000 B.C.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The entire region is full of pre-historic monuments. The menhir in Meada is the tallest in the Iberian Peninsula, reaching above 7m high.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have spent 3 weeks of a well-deserved vacation in my home country, Portugal. I visited some of my favorite places: SW Coast of Alentejo (Almograve, Longueira, Odemira), and the Alto Alentejo region around Marv\u00e3o and Castelo de Vide. I had a great time sightseeing with my family and making extra time for photography. Hope … Continue reading Vacation in Portugal<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4455"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4483,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4455\/revisions\/4483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}