--- title: Blog - TourTailors | travelagency (11) description: travelagency | (11) --- [![Self-guided by Local Experts](https://blog.tourtailors.com/hubfs/tourtailors.svg)](https://www.tourtailors.com/) [![Self-guided by Local Experts](https://blog.tourtailors.com/hubfs/TourTailors_Logo_Cores.png)](https://www.tourtailors.com/) - [WHAT YOU WILL GET](https://tourtailors.com/what-you-will-get/) - [HOW IT WORKS](https://tourtailors.com/how-it-works/) - [TOUR IDEAS](https://tourtailors.com/tours/) - [TRAVEL GUIDE](https://tourtailors.com/travel-guide/) - [ABOUT US](https://tourtailors.com/our-purpose/) - [BLOG](https://blog.tourtailors.com) - [WHAT YOU WILL GET](https://tourtailors.com/what-you-will-get/) - [HOW IT WORKS](https://tourtailors.com/how-it-works/) - [TOUR IDEAS](https://tourtailors.com/tours/) - [TRAVEL GUIDE](https://tourtailors.com/travel-guide/) - [ABOUT US](https://tourtailors.com/our-purpose/) - [BLOG](https://blog.tourtailors.com) - [CONTACT US](https://tourtailors.com/contact-us/) [CONTACT US](https://tourtailors.com/contact-us) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. # Blog #### [MOST SCENIC BOAT TRIPS IN PORTUGAL](https://blog.tourtailors.com/most-scenic-boat-trips-in-portugal) Portugal [![Most Scenic Boat Trips in Portugal](https://blog.tourtailors.com/hubfs/Blog/Most%20Scenic%20Boat%20Trips%20in%20Portugal/Most%20Scenic%20Boat%20Trips%20in%20Portugal%20-%20Featured.jpg)](https://blog.tourtailors.com/most-scenic-boat-trips-in-portugal) If we had to choose one remarkable experience to live with your family or your better half [while in Portugal](https://tourtailors.com/tours/portugal-top-to-bottom/), we would definitely have to say: go for a boat ride! With hundreds of rivers and around 1860 Km (or 1155... [Read More](https://blog.tourtailors.com/most-scenic-boat-trips-in-portugal) #### [RAILWAY TRAVEL IN SPAIN](https://blog.tourtailors.com/railway-travel-in-spain) Spain [![Seville](https://blog.tourtailors.com/hubfs/Railway%20travel%20in%20Spain%20-%20featured.jpg)](https://blog.tourtailors.com/railway-travel-in-spain) Train travel has got to be one of the most romantic and adventurous ways of traveling. Books have been written about it, movies have been made around the subject, but there’s nothing like actually going for the... [Read More](https://blog.tourtailors.com/railway-travel-in-spain) #### [5 REASONS WHY PORTUGAL SHOULD BE YOUR DESTINATION](https://blog.tourtailors.com/5-reasons-why-portugal-should-be-your-destination) Portugal [![5 reasons to visit Portugal](https://blog.tourtailors.com/hubfs/Blog/5%20reasons%20to%20visit%20Portugal/5%20Reasons%20to%20visit%20Portugal%20-%20Featured.jpg)](https://blog.tourtailors.com/5-reasons-why-portugal-should-be-your-destination) In the beginning of a new year, we often dwell onto a certain feeling of nostalgia and of wanting to make brand new resolutions. If you are one of the lucky ones who already had the chance to come to[Portugal](https://tourtailors.com/tours/portugal-top-to-bottom/) in 2022,... [Read More](https://blog.tourtailors.com/5-reasons-why-portugal-should-be-your-destination) #### [IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF SALVADOR DALÍ, IN COSTA BRAVA](https://blog.tourtailors.com/in-the-footsteps-of-salvador-dali-in-costa-brava) Spain [![Costa Brava](https://blog.tourtailors.com/hubfs/In%20the%20footsteps%20of%20Dali%2c%20in%20Costa%20Brava%20(featured).jpg)](https://blog.tourtailors.com/in-the-footsteps-of-salvador-dali-in-costa-brava) When we like [an artist](https://blog.tourtailors.com/follow-the-footsteps-of-pablo-picasso)and we end up visiting a location somehow related to his life, very often we find ourselves picturing in our head his life, his words, his mannerisms and wondering in what way that place... [Read More](https://blog.tourtailors.com/in-the-footsteps-of-salvador-dali-in-costa-brava) #### [WHY IS ÉVORA THE PERFECT CAPITAL OF CULTURE](https://blog.tourtailors.com/why-is-evora-the-perfect-capital-of-culture) Portugal [![Roman Temple Évora](https://blog.tourtailors.com/hubfs/evora-g1b78f4764_1920%20featured.jpg)](https://blog.tourtailors.com/why-is-evora-the-perfect-capital-of-culture) Évora is considered the capital city of the Alentejo, a Center-South region of [Portugal](https://tourtailors.com/tours/portugal-top-to-bottom/), about one hour and 30 minutes from Lisbon and three hours from Porto. This is a place full of history, still very much visible in... [Read More](https://blog.tourtailors.com/why-is-evora-the-perfect-capital-of-culture) #### [ALL YEAR ROUND IN BARCELONA](https://blog.tourtailors.com/all-year-round-barcelona) Spain [![Ramblas Barcelona](https://blog.tourtailors.com/hubfs/iStock-525241683%20featured.jpg)](https://blog.tourtailors.com/all-year-round-barcelona) Oh Barcelona, that beautiful, mystic-filled Mediterranean city in the region of Catalonia in Spain, of which so many pages have been written about! Of course, you know by now that there are millions of reasons to visit... [Read More](https://blog.tourtailors.com/all-year-round-barcelona) #### [SEE OUR TRAVELER'S FAVORITES IN 2022](https://blog.tourtailors.com/see-our-travelers-favorites-2022) Portugal [![](https://blog.tourtailors.com/hubfs/Blog/See%20our%20travelers%E2%80%99%20favorites%20in%202022/shutterstock_1179514177%20featured.jpg)](https://blog.tourtailors.com/see-our-travelers-favorites-2022) The end of a year is the perfect time for a review, to stop and think about all the choices, decisions and attitudes that made up the passing year, and which ones we will drop or carry forward. The year of 2022 has been... [Read More](https://blog.tourtailors.com/see-our-travelers-favorites-2022) #### [TOURTAILORS: NEW NAME, SAME CONCEPT](https://blog.tourtailors.com/meet-tourtailors) Portugal Spain [![TourTailors](https://blog.tourtailors.com/hubfs/Newsletter/Newsletter%20037/iStock-507841800-Featured.jpg)](https://blog.tourtailors.com/meet-tourtailors) Meet TourTailors In 2009, we have started Portugal Trails providing independent travelers with itineraries prepared by specialists who have designed each tour according to the needs of each client and provided local... [Read More](https://blog.tourtailors.com/meet-tourtailors) #### [NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATIONS: TRADITIONS IN PORTUGAL AND SPAIN](https://blog.tourtailors.com/new-years-eve-celebrations) Portugal [![](https://blog.tourtailors.com/hubfs/iStock-1170950759%20Featured.jpg)](https://blog.tourtailors.com/new-years-eve-celebrations) December 31st – as the end of the night approaches, many preparations are being made around the world. It is a time to celebrate the beginning of the new year and the 365 days ahead filled with new opportunities. We all... [Read More](https://blog.tourtailors.com/new-years-eve-celebrations) #### [CHRISTMAS FOOD TRADITIONS IN PORTUGAL](https://blog.tourtailors.com/christmas-food-traditions-in-portugal) Portugal [![Christmas food](https://blog.tourtailors.com/hubfs/Featured-Dec-22-2023-11-46-46-4711-AM.jpg)](https://blog.tourtailors.com/christmas-food-traditions-in-portugal) Christmas in Portugal is the perfect excuse to do what we like to do best in the country: to sit down at a table with friends and family enjoying excellent food and wines without any time constraints. We would even dare... [Read More](https://blog.tourtailors.com/christmas-food-traditions-in-portugal) #### [IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JOSÉ SARAMAGO](https://blog.tourtailors.com/in-the-footsteps-of-josé-saramago) Portugal [![Mafra Convent](https://blog.tourtailors.com/hubfs/Blog/In%20the%20footsteps%20of%20Jos%C3%A9%20Saramago/Mafra%20Convent.jpg)](https://blog.tourtailors.com/in-the-footsteps-of-josé-saramago) It is fair to say that a greatness of a country may be measured by the wealth of its culture and its art. [Portugal](https://www.portugaltrails.com/tours/portugal-top-to-bottom/) is said to have the oldest borders in Europe and has since its beginning always been considered a nation... [Read More](https://blog.tourtailors.com/in-the-footsteps-of-josé-saramago) #### [WHAT SARAMAGO WROTE ON PORTUGAL](https://blog.tourtailors.com/what-saramago-wrote-on-portugal-1) Portugal [![Menhirs in Portugal](https://blog.tourtailors.com/hubfs/Blog/What%20Saramago%20wrote%20on%20Portugal/Menhirs%20in%20Portugal.jpg)](https://blog.tourtailors.com/what-saramago-wrote-on-portugal-1) A person becomes a traveler a long time before the start of the journey. The desire to know, the need to move and to dig deeper come from the soul instead of from the feet. Saramago’s journey to Portugal was his own and... [Read More](https://blog.tourtailors.com/what-saramago-wrote-on-portugal-1) [1](https://blog.tourtailors.com/tag/travelagency/page/1) ... 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