Torres Vedras or Else: Raindrops and Red Tape in Portuguese Cold

this rainy friday. temp 19.75c, feels like 19.87, humidity 80%. rainy as fuck, smelled like pennies. locals on foot, me broke. 4am from lisbon, 1.5hr drive, temp same, 947 last pressure level, 1015 sea level.

Quick Answers

Q: Is this place worth visiting?
A: brutal weather but cheap eats and quiet night hikes. like being told stories from old houses.

Q: Is it expensive?
A: cheap as pizza in fado bars. hostel 15euros, metro 2.

Q: Who would hate it here?
A: people who want air conditioner and cheap beer.

Q: Best time to visit?
A: dry season: june-sep. this month might be too much for outdoor stuff.




Q: What do locals drink?
A: port wine and chardonnay, but cheaper like vinho verde. bars closed by 11 or 12.


Citi: tourists just look for cheap caes and quiet streets. no tourist traps, lots of old houses. costs less than lisbon, more than alenquer.


Citi: you can walk everywhere, metro stops too far, bus 40c.


Citi: most locals work in the city, some in the countryside. quieter nights, you hear old trains. some parts smell like mushrooms.


Citi: need a car or bike to see real stuff, most tourists miss it.


Citi: the weather: salty and steady rain, it comes in waves, not continuous.

Citi: weather is tifosi, started in lilongwe, ends in lisbon.


*quick tip*: if you want cheap and quiet, come here. just bring waterproof clothes.

check weather forecasts, bring cash, and old clothes.





ps. see next to back to my hostel, sad.





p.s. weather app says 19.87c, but not everyone agrees.





p.s.s. sometimes you think it's raining, then you realize it's fog.





p.s.s.s. let's get a car sometime, jesus, lithium battery killing.





quick, cheap, and quiet city.





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Xuxa.





Citi: alexandre wrote it.