I have a lot of pictures from Peneda-Gerês… but this being my first post I seem to be able to post only 1. This is taken near Sistelo!
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Welcome, @brinkwoman, and thanks for the pic of that beautiful place! Indeed, like you said, there’s a default anti-spam feature that prevents new users from posting several photos at once. But you’re quickly “upgraded” as you read and participate in more topics.
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The way that terraces have been employed to wrest the last little area out of a mountainous region is reminiscent of Asia. It is excellent for water management as well!
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Guimarães a must go to place
and would you believe I could buy a Guinnees with my lunch in Guimarães
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It’s also a very common sight throughout the Douro Valley (the valley through which the Douro river flows all the way down to Porto), with all those vineyards. There’s a touristic train that takes people through that area to take in the views.
@kiwijock, looks like a nice meal. Surprised you managed to get away from Sagres or Super Bock, hah.
For those who dare, there’s a cable car in Guimarães that takes you all the way up (one of) the mountains. There’s a sanctuary up there, Santuário da Penha.
And of course, Castelo de Guimarães.
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I liked Guimarães - I only stopped there for 2 hours or so, will have to go back there!
Here’s a picture I took in the Douro valley last October:
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As to the cable car in Guimarães and should you take it to the top you’ll also find a monument to two famous Portuguese persons and should you not be familiar with these record-breaking Portuguese (Not navigators instead aviators) here’s a link
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Oh, I think I missed that. Thanks!
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Beyond here be dragons
Cape St Vincent
The last view of land as the Portuguese sailors set out for the unknown
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Sou apenas curioso—alguém conhece a pequena cidade de Arzila, perto de Coimbra? O avô do meu cônjuge nasceu lá e emigrou para Santos, Brasil, no início de 1900. Visitamos Arzila muito brevemente durante nossa viagem a Portugal em 2013. Só temos estas fotos. Não muito excitante, eu sei!
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Eu nunca ouvi falar! Mas há muitas terras que eu não conheço. Obrigado pelas fotos 
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Vasco De Gama??
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Sim, sim! Vasco da Gama e um muito importante homem!
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Sim, é a ponte Vasco da Gama!
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Eu nunca ouvi falar!
Must be an exclamation. I understand the words, but what do they MEAN???
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Hi, @hscharnhorst! I understood this to mean that he was saying, “I have never heard talk about…” the town of Arzila, which I asked about. That’s how I interpreted it, but we’ll wait to hear from Joseph, himself! 
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@Joseph - I am finally getting around to curating the photos! Here’s installment #1 - from Nazaré: “Nazaré não é só ondas!”
(If this method of sharing via Evernote works well for everyone here, I’ll do it for the other photos as well.)
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