Portugal with Rich Earl | Rick Steves Travel Talks 

As a portuguese I appreciate a lot your presentation. Of course there much more to say and to see. Everyone it’s welcome to our beloved country! Thank you.

A.couple of points here.... Portuguese is older than the Spanish language. Lisbon is older than Rome. Portuguese is actually one of the most spoken languages in the world due to colonization. Portugal is in fact the oldest country in Europe and hasn't changed its borders ever. Im not Portuguese.

I'm portuguese and I watched all of this from start to finish.

One of my grandparents came from St. Michael's in the Azores. I've been to Portugal 2x and it's beautiful. I was also born and raised in Fall River, MA which has the largest Portuguese ethnic community in the US and you can get all the typical Portuguese food products like dried salt cod, chourico, sweet bread and Casal Garcia vinho verde or green wine. Definitely one of the more affordable destinations in western Europe too.

Love Portugal, it's a great country. Last summer my friend, my teen daughter and I visted Cascais and Sintra, with beautiful castles. One great thing also that I would like to mention is that we meet Infanta Margarita de Borbon (80 years old beautiful lady) sister of Rey Juan Carlos of Spain, one night, in a local restaurant, we only found out after she and her friends left 😫 . We are planning to go back next year, there is still so much to see. ❤❤

Amazing sharing about the fascinating beauty of Portugal. It invites more tourists to come and visit the country. I have learned also from a FB friend about Fatima where apparition of Virgin Mary to the three children took place.

I'm leaving for Portugal this Wednesday. Perfect timing!

You said Azulejo perfectly

Yey Portugal is great 💚❤️🇵🇹

Driving in Portugal is fantastic! You Do NOT need an international Drivers License if you are there less than 3 months!!

Pork and Little necks w/ potatoes is so awesome!

Thank you so much for sharing this information. Rick is clearly a gifted public speaker. I just took issue with the Portuguese "discovering" Brazil etc. I believe there were some people there before the Portuguese arrived :)

Portugal

I learned so much, thanks!

this is great 🇵🇹 amazing video. very informative

If I never make it there, this overview makes me feel like I’ve been.

Great people. Great country. ❤️

Awesome video! 😁 Really want to travel more now

Rick great vlog, well explained about this wonderful country whatever you go with different cultures. You are ambassador of portugal , but still an know for many people. Cheers

Great information and resources, Thank you.

These content you make is fun

Ah,my native Country!

good job

22:34 Lisbon predates Rome...it's the second oldest Capital city in Europe, after Athens.

Not sure about Portugal, But in Brazil saudade means much more than nostalgia for the past, I suspect it does so as well in Portugal. I’ll have to ask

I started working on a cruise ship about twenty years ago in Lisbon. We rented a car and drove to Fatima. Didn't know the highway was one of the most dangerous in the country. I guess angles really do watch over fools 😂 Awesome country!

Some people in Lisbon and Porto weren't very nice or friendly when we were there 4y ago. Most were seemed to be resentful of foreigners. But this was at the height of their recession. There were a lot of panhandlers and some were in their 20's. Porto was always rainy and damp, but loved the weather in Lisbon though. It was mostly sunny and warm in the fall similar to San Francisco.

What about the Alentejo coast???? If you really want to relax than you should mention Alentejo coast! Algarve coast is very overrated! Believe me I’m Portuguese!

Lisbon is a stunning city. I want to visit it someday. It kinda reminds me of a mini-Istanbul.

Portugal gots 2° best motorway in the would

Best motorway service station food in the world. Tuc tuc is a rip-off

Welcome means bom dia... now that's rich😂😂😂

You're going to stop saying 'discovered' when referring to what the explorers did, some time soon aren't you?

look man, you can't say that Pedro and Ines is like a Romeo and Juliet's local story. Pedro I is a king of Portugal and he died two hundred years before Shakespeare was born, so maby Romeo and Juliet's is based in Pedro and Ines life. Furthermore, it was something that actually happened, not a made-up story ...

A pretty good presentation ..although some details missing.. which could mislead. Might I also say a little scathing about the Brits in the country.Altho you said that the Brits owned the Port companies .It gave the impression they simple bought them. They actually set up those business's a century ago. giving employment to the area . Ditto those 'Brits' you gave a 'sniff' to in Salema. The Brits were the ones who built up most of the tourist trade in the Algarve. The Symington family ( Porto wine family ) being responsible for the first holiday cottages in Praia da Luz. This business has been responsible for creating much of the present wealth in the Algarve, after the Sardine canning industry was destroyed by political actions 'across the pond' that moved it to Spain . the Algarve is now extremely international, These wonderful people have accepted residents from all over Europe and now America and Canada ..I am proud to be a resident here

A bit outdated in the view that the Portuguese "discovered" Brazil. Colonized is more accurate, as with most of the lands that Europeans took by force overtaking and subjugating the indigenous people they encountered.

Wrong Portuguese language is the 5/6th most spoken language in the world. Also Obrigado/a does not depend on if you are a male or a female

How do you discover something that already existed that already had people? You basically discovered that you were the only population around! That is so 1950s…

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"Not many people speak Portuguese" you mean other than the over 230 million native speakers around the world (6th most among world languages)? lol. Good presentation otherwise

Sorry but you have to do research on Portugal!

You lost me on "designer food".

Coimbra University Library is one of the most disappointing places to visit, not because it is not astoundingly beautiful, but because the only information you get is on a plastified sheet of A4. No audioguide; no booklets describing the paintings. If you are lucky or resourceful you will have found a student to show you around. I am amazed Rick managed to get a photo. God knows why you can't even take pictures in there - it is not as if you are going to damage the paintwork as the barriers keep you well away from the walls. They even have an original of the list of books forbidden by the pope (16th century??), but it is keep locked away so that no one can see it (never heard of shatterproof glass). Skip Coimbra; go to Arouca monastery.

Todo el mundo piensa que Portugal es España , por algo será.....quizá , también es Hispania.

This is an English-language presentation. Can we please ALWAYS refer to the river in its English name, the Tagus? And maybe as a quick footnote say "or Tejo in Portuguese." I mean, you say Lisbon, not Lisboa. Otherwise a great presentation. Just my two cents, thanks.

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