Driving along the Portuguese coast is one of the most stunning drive you can do in Europe. The Atlantic Ocean, the cliffs and the views are something you can hardly find anywhere else. Forget flying from Porto to Lisbon, you have to drive and you have to take the long way around.
Watch our full Portugal series here: • Portugal 🇵🇹
After enjoying an evening in the vans by the beach we woke up, went through our newly found morning van life routine and started to drive along the coastline to Nazaré famously known as the town with the highest waves in the world. After a beautiful walk to explore the small town and a nice lunch we headed back to the vans and headed to our campsite for the night.
Sleeping in vineyards around Portugal is literally the best thing you can do. From the tranquility to the stunning views all around, vanlife doesn`t get much better than that. Using Portugal Easy Camp once again, we found a nice place to park our two vans at Quinta do Sanguinhal where we enjoyed some family time and the most beautiful sunset.
After a quick breakfast inside my parent's van we drove to Ericeira which is a small town known as the surfing capital of Europe. Tracey and I went for a little swim in the ocean but let's face it, it was a COLD PLUNGE. The water was freezing even though it was a sunny day on a beautiful Portuguese beach.
From there, we visited the world famous Pena Palace, one of the most colorful castle in the Europe. As great as it was, make sure to be there early because it is one of the most popular tourist attraction in whole of Portugal.
And for our final night as vanlifers, we stayed just outside of Lisbon, Portugal's capital at a proper campground named Lisbon Camping and Bungalows. This was very different than all our other campsites during this van dwelling trip. Very functional with toilets, showers, a pool and a restaurant but also beside the main highway with no views at all... But we needed something more "practical" for our last night to do some van cleanup and organization and also to offload our waste...
Overall, this van trip from Porto to Lisbon with my parents was an amazing trip which we would do again and again. Seeing the beauties of Portugal with a van and on your own time, is the true definition of freedom.
Portugal Travel Guide Tips:
Just in case you'd like to create your own van life adventure in Portugal, here are a few resources that you can use.
- Vans were rented from Indie Campers.
- We used Park 4 Night to find parking lots were vans are allowed overnight.
- We used Portugal Easy Camp to find wineries to stay overnight.
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Chapters:
0:00 Van Life Morning Routine
2:03 Scenic Drive Along the Portuguese Coast
3:13 Exploring Nazaré
10:03 Driving a Van in Europe IS NOT Easy
11:00 Getting Ready for a Night in the Vans
12:11 Camping in a Portuguese Vineyard
16:36 Waking Up in Paradise
18:39 Cold Plunge in Ericeira
24:43 Visiting Pena Palace
28:54 Last Van Life Night in Lisbon
30:50 Our Thoughts of Van Life in Portugal
32:29 The Worst Part of Van Life
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28 июн 2024
