Road trip in Portugal with my boyfriend during  Christmas 2016

DAY 1 – 25.12.2016

( Night at: America Diamonds Hotel )

I spent the Christams day alone at the residence of the university in Tomar where I was living alone because the only people left in the campus I didn’t know them very well. And at 6:11 pm I went to took the train and I arrive in the train station in Lisbon around 8 pm than I went to the airport T1 to wait my boyfriend that he comes to visit me. We broke up more than a month eralier and we had few big fights so wasn’t the best period of our relationship but we decided to do this trip anyway. After the airport we went back to the hotel to talk a bit and rest.

DAY 2 – 26.12.2016

( Night at: Hotel Ibis San Joao )

We woke up early in the morning we went back to the airpot with the metro to rent a car because the day before was too late, and we rent it at Europcar and we started to drive ( he drove all the time ) to north in the Porto direction, for lunch we stopped in Nazarè / Alcobaca which I already visited with my university friends during a day trip that we did it in November. We arrived in Porto around 6 pm we did the check in at the Hotel and than we went out for a dinner in a restauramnt in the center.

DAY 3 – 27.12.2016

( Night at: Hotel Ibis San Joao )

We wokr up ealy in the morning and we started to visit the city even if I already visited with my university friends in the end of October during a week end trip with ESN Tomar. With my boyfriend we visited more relaxed and chilling in the morning we did a boat tour on the River Duero and we visited: Palaco da Bolca, Ponte Luis, Church od san francisco, Libreria Lello, Casa della Musica, chiesa dos Clerigos con Torre, Stazione.

DAY 4 – 28.12.2016

( Night at: Hotel Ibis Budget Braga Centro )

We woke up early to visit the last things in Porto we had a lunch next to the river while it was a sunny day, we eat Francesinha I already eat it when I was in Porto but I bring my boyfriend there to eat it because he never tryed that, and id one of my fav dish in Portugal. Than we went back to the Hotel did the check out and we went to Braga that’s like around two hours by car, we did the check in in the new Hotel and than we went to the center to vist the city and we had an aperitif and than we just come back at the Hotel and relax.

DAY 5 – 29.12.2016

( Night at: Hotel Abeiro Inn )

We woke up early in the morning we visit he last things in Braga and we had a breakfast, Check out and we went to visit the Santuario de Bom Jesus and than we went to Aveiro around 2 pm by car we arrived there we did the check in and we started to visit the city walking around. We had an aperitif in the littles beautiful streets of Aveiro and than we had a dinner at ” Tasca do Sol Restaurant” and than we went to sleep.

DAY 6 – 30.12.2016

( Night at: Hotel Kamanga Tomar )

We woke up early in the morning we did the check out and we visit the last thing in Aveiro actually we just did the breakfast and than we went to Costa Nova where there are all th elittle beautiful colorfus houses and than before lunch we strated to drov eto Coimbr to visit the university and the historical center and than in th evening we arrived in Tomar where we did the check in at the Hotel and than we went to have a dinner at my favorite restaurant ” Taverna Antiqua ” and than to sleep.

DAY 7 – 31.01.206

( Night at: Lisbon Holidays Alfama )

We woke up early we had a breakfast at the Hotel than we drove till my university so I show it to my boyfriend and than I passed to the bedroom of Lucrezia my friend that she was just back from the Christmas Holiday in Italy and than we went to visit the Convernto de Cristo we had a lunch at the square of Tomar and than we did the check out at the Hotel and we drove till Lisbon, we give back the car at the airport and with the metro we went to the Center of Lisbon and we did the check in at the apartment that we rented and we started to looking for a place were we could have a dinner which it was the new year, we found it in our area Alfama a nd than we went to Prca de Comercio to watche the fireworks for the mid night and than we went back to sleep.

DAY 8 – 01.01.2017

( Night at: Lisbon Holidays Alfama )

So the first day in Lisbon, obiusly wasn’t fo r me the fist day in lisbon but anyway we tryed to visit something even if we slept a bit and than everything was close and the wetaher not thr best kind of raining alcloudy all day, so we visited the Castelo de Sao Joao and all the area around there, praca do Comercio o an we walked around the city exploring new corners for me and for him.

DAY 9 – 02.01.2017

( Night at: Lisbon Holidays Alfama )

We woke up early to go to Sintra one of the best villages near Lisbon, we took the train at the Rossio station which is located the undergroud as well and it takes less than an hours. Unfortunately the weather wasn’t the best so we couldn’t really enjoy the day trip but anyway is one of my fav village in Portugal even if it’s very turistic.

Sintra main attractions: Palacio Nacional da Pena, Quinta da Regaleira, Castelo dos Mouros, Palacio nacional de sintra.

DAY 10 – 03.01.2017

( Night at: Lisbon Holidays Alfama )

We rest a bit and enjoying the city for the last day and we went to visit the Belem tower and all the attraction near there and than we keep walking and exploring Lisbon for the last day.

DAY 11 – 04.01.2017

We woke up not too early we did the check – out, breakfast and than we went to the metro me to go to take the train and him to the airport to go to Itlay. My train was at 12:53 am and I arrived there at 2:40 pm which later in the noon I had a lssons because the university was already open again.