Seaside at Nazarre

horse mackerel drying in the sun

Made it to the coast at Nazare for bank holiday weekend. It’s a typical old fishing village and a popular local seaside resort mid away between Porto and Lisbon. An interesting mix of old and new and at the holiday weekend it was quite busy. The friendly Portuguese neighbours bought us some fresh sardines cos we could only find frozen ones. Campsite is a mile from beach and high up in the hills - a good invigorating walk! Bumped into some more Brits - unusual round here - bathing poodles in washing up sink - very unusual.

Treated ourselves to Sunday lunch, a delicious sea food 'stew' of shellfish and a nice bottle of Vinho Verde. Portugese owners just started business after moving back to Portugal from Stevenage!   

Stayed for 3 nights for some beaching, washing and to avoid the holiday traffic then off towards Lisbon for a fleeting visit shopping in the local market on the way. Weather is perfect for us, still very sunny and not too hot, both starting to get a tan. The diesel, food and wine are all very cheap.