A rental-car day trip from Porto with a kid: Coimbra’s university hill, Portugal dos Pequenitos, the striped houses of Costa Nova and the canals of Aveiro, with hours, costs and tour options.
Óbidos and Nazaré by car in one day with a kid: flower-filled lanes, a wall walk with no railing, and rough waves from the Nazaré cliff trail. Parking, fort admission and costs.
Day 7 in Portugal: Alte waterfall, then Évora’s Chapel of Bones and Roman temple on foot. Chapel prices and hours, drive times, and parking tips.
We drove a rental car down from Lisbon, stayed two nights at a beach resort near Albufeira and saw Ponta da Piedade in Lagos. Drive times, stairs and parking, swimming in March, supermarkets and resort pools.
Sintra day trip from Lisbon with a kid: train to Quinta da Regaleira and Pena Palace, then Bolt to Cabo da Roca and Cascais. Tickets, prices and timings.
3 days in Lisbon with a kid: Chiado, the Santa Justa Lift, sunset at São Jorge Castle and a day in Belém, with times, prices, hours and Lisboa Card tips.
Portuguese food from two weeks in Portugal: pastel de nata, seafood rice, sardines, octopus, ovos moles, suckling pig, port, and supermarket shopping tips.
Getting around Portugal for two weeks with a kid: a one-way rental car from Lisbon to Porto, Via Verde tolls, car seats, SIM cards, the Lisboa Card and Bolt.
2-week Portugal itinerary from our family road trip: Lisbon, the Algarve, Évora, Óbidos, Coimbra and Porto, with daily routes, drive times and rental car costs.