The Nomad Oma

Getting to southern Portugal after landing in Lisbon was a long travel day but we’ve arrived! With our papers in hand (and digital copies...

The Algarve as a whole is one of the warmest places of Southern Europe, with an Atlantic influenced Mediterranean climate, it has mild...

Lagos is an ancient maritime town with more than 2000 years of history. Owing to its already important harbour, it was colonized by the...

Lagos is known for its coastline of dramatic cliffs, red and yellow limestone stacks and Atlantic beaches. We spent one day hiking along...

An incredibly stunning area of the Algarve with the most gorgeous beaches and limestone cliffs. We decided to hike the Vau to Alvor a...

This post is about our adventures together with our daughter Kim who came to visit. Filled with hiking, eating yummy food in Old Town,...

We spent a day in the beautiful small town of Tavira which is about 20 km from the Spanish border and dates its history back to the late...

Cape St. Vincent- Strabo, in his Geography calls this cape the most western tip of the known world and reports the place was considered...

There are some super cool birds here in the Algarve and I've enjoyed getting in some birding during our month in this region. It's always...

We decided to spend a day exploring something inland so we headed to Monchique. This small town is surrounded by the mountain range of...

We took a boat tour out of Positano that went along the coast and in a few caves (including Benagil). We were able to cover a lot more...