A Virtual Tour of Portugal
April 22, 2020
For almost nine centuries the sun has risen over Portugal. From October 5th, 1143 – Portugal has been an independent nation – looking out on an endless sea.
We know these are difficult times for everyone. And, we know that a better day will come. We have a saying, that even the sun returns each morning.
So, to help we have taken an inventory of virtual travel videos on Portugal- from riding a trolley, to exploring the Azores, to climbing to a castle, to visiting a museum: A few of our favorite things to do in Portugal – and a fun way to dream until the sun comes back up again.
VisitPortugal recently issued a video ( with all the editing and voiceover work done from home ) to ask everyone to stay home, and share our message of hope:
It's time to take a break, for the good of the world. In the meantime, we can dream of the great days to come. We're in this together.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFlFkGV207A
Museums
Aristides de Sousa Mendes Virtual Museum dedicated to the Portuguese consul in Bordeaux during the Second World War. This Virtual Museum tells the story and background of his acts of disobedience on the guidelines issued by the Portuguese government in 1940. Consciously ignoring the rules, Aristides de Sousa Mendes signed visas helping around 30,000 people, of various nationalities, mostly Jewish, to escape Nazi persecution.
The exhibition, constituted by before now unseen films and documents pertaining to Portuguese and foreign archives, is subdivided into three corridors, structured in a chronological and sequential order– War Corridor, Flight Corridor and Freedom Corridor.
The Museu do Fado is one of the must-visit places in Lisbon. Besides representing one of the region's most important cultural legacies, it also has a restaurant and a themed shop where you can spend some time to catch the spirit of saudade (nostalgia).
https://www.museudofado.pt/gca/index.php?id=56
As soon as it closed its doors on March 13, the Berardo Collection Museum team immediately began to think about how they would continue to work. One of the projects that could be put on hold was the "Julian Opie, Unpublished Works" exhibition, but what if, instead of a conventional opening, the museum opened its doors virtually?
That is what happened. T Berardo Collection Museum, at the Centro Cultural de Belém, in Lisbon, broadcast on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, its first online.
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation https://gulbenkian.pt/museu/colecoes/visita-virtual/made available a 360-degree visit to the Founder's Collection online, where one can discover objects from Ancient Egypt and the Islamic East, and works by artists such as Rembrandt, Turner and Monet, and the Modern Collection with paintings by Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, Almada Negreiros and Paula Rego.
Other online museums include
The Coach Museum, or Museu dos Coches
https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=crADZwGeEXF
The National Science and Natural History Museum
https://museus.ulisboa.pt/pt-pt/visita-virtual
The Fado Museum
http://museudofado.pt/gca/index.php?id=56
Around Portugal:
Lisbon
Riding on a Lisbon trolley:
https://www.visitportugal.com/pt-pt/content/um-passeio-de-el%C3%A9trico-no-sof%C3%A1
Museums and Monuments - Museum of Lisbon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML-EphU8Hic
Exploring the Mafra Royal Palace:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeDlIyLg_3M
In a Lisbon Fado club:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WimC9hksBaQ
Castles of the Lisbon Region:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v6uH7Tkf3I
Madeira
Madeira sunrise:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz86xCZ-tUE
A 360 tour of Madeira:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8hOk2T5Ewg
Madeirawines:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvqsj-nCyKQ
The sea off Madeira:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yhiMCd1F20
Porto Santo tour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud7IjcOwYmY
Madeira hiketo Pico Ruivo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlpBJP0z8Kw
Alentejo
A tour along plains of the Alentejo region of Évora. Monsaraz, Mourão, Redondo, Montemor-o-novo, Terena, Vila Viçosa, Alandroal, Evoramonte and Juromenha:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3NAKbzUlME
The Vincentine Coast in the Alentejo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQVHeHg2jJo
Secrets of Mertola:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CE-cW3WYTc
The cork forests, or Montados, unique to the Alentejo:
https://lusitaniaexperience.pt/culture/cork/
Centro de Portugal
Exploring the Centro de Portugal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpFozAgO3jk
Exploring Coimbra:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcGLsRH5xv8
On the water in Aveiro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58VPZg2fC3A
A trip to Leiria:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYXTUdLOcNg
Exploring the villages around Viseu:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-WoL73qCUY
The city of the Templars:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9gluh_m1S8
Guide to Batalha in a video visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsuM_YfQJGI
In a Coimbra Fado club: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmK34DX5sB8
Porto and the North
Over Porto
Over The Douro River Valley:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMwoWcOS4u4
Up the Douro in search of wines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek2O6CTMGnY
Exploring Viana do Castelo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hht5bvcjbVo
A Discovery of the Trás-os-Montes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuIdEWRjNl4
The Algarve
An overview of the Algarve: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD3U_j3nRrI
Castro Marim :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHDiQyN2-B0
The Surf is up!:
https://www.algarvetips.com/beaches/west-coast/praia-da-arrifana/
The the castles of Portugal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRyUK5ewjWc
Azores
Flores in the Azores :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2Y4_yh9JE4
Terceira explored:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se-0x3DK9Ys
Over Santa Maria:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noSQrnRyKFY
Hiking the Azores:
https://www.wapititravel.com/blog/en/azores-hiking/
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