Almeida and over the Douro

Almeida and over the Douro

Friday 14th We set off to explore Almeida after a late breakfast. Quite chilly this morning at 1c which we felt was porridge weather! Still that set us up for a good walk around the C17 star shaped fortifications of this small town. This town is much smaller than Elvas and the fortfications are much smaller and a little less complex. In the main they date from 1640s and so are about the same age as the older fort (Sante

Across the Tagus

Across the Tagus

We left Marvão on Tuesday as the mist was lifting. When we got up the mist was quite thick and we could not see the valley below us or the village above us! As we drove down the mountain the cloud was just hanging on to the top of the castle. By the time we stopped for coffee by a small reservoir about 12 miles away we could look back and see Marvão clear  in the distance. The next few