Rick Steves' 2005 Portugal

by Steves, Rick

• ISBN13: 9781566918817
• ISBN10: 1566918812
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-01
• Publisher: Avalon Travel Pub

Summary

Who but Rick Steves can tell you the best way to visit Lisbon, The Algarve, Salema, Evora, Coimbra, Nazare, and Obidos? With Rick Steves' Portugal 2005, you can experience the best of everything Portugal has to offer-economically and hassle-free.

Author Biography

Rick Steves is on a mission: to help make European travel accessible and meaningful for Americans. Rick has spent four months every year since 1973 exploring Europe. He's researched and written 27 travel guidebooks and also writes and hosts the public television series Rick Steves' Europe. With the help of his hardworking staff of 60 at Europe Through the Back Door, Rick organizes and leads tours of Europe and offers an information-packed Web site (www.ricksteves.com). Rick, his wife (and favorite travel partner) Anne, and their two teenage children, Andy and Jackie, call Edmonds, just north of Seattle, home.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Planning	p. 3
Resources	p. 6
Practicalities	p. 10
Money	p. 11
Travel Smart	p. 13
Transportation	p. 14
Communicating	p. 20
Sleeping	p. 22
Eating	p. 25
Traveling as a Temporary Local	p. 29
Back Door Travel Philosophy	p. 30
Portugal	p. 31
Lisbon	p. 33
Sintra	p. 88
The Algarve	p. 99
Salema	p. 101
Cape Sagres	p. 110
Lagos	p. 114
Tavira	p. 118
Evora	p. 125
Nazare and Nearby	p. 140
Nazare	p. 140
Batalha	p. 147
Fatima	p. 153
Alcobaca	p. 155
Obidos	p. 157
Coimbra	p. 162
Porto	p. 180
Douro Valley	p. 204
Peso da Regua	p. 212
Pinhao	p. 216
Appendix	p. 219
Portuguese Capsule History	p. 219
Let's Talk Telephones	p. 221
European Calling Chart	p. 222
Festivals and Public Holidays	p. 224
Numbers and Stumblers	p. 226
Metric Conversion	p. 226
Climate Chart	p. 226
Hotel Reservation Form	p. 228
Portuguese Survival Phrases	p. 229
Index	p. 231
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