Important information for all new visitors to Portugal 🇵🇹: If there is a downhill, there is an equal and opposite uphill. Everywhere. All the time. Always. You will not escape it. Enjoy your stay. Venha vinho.
I love going to Portugal. I'm a bit surprised you didn't mention day trips to Obidos - I went there with a tour and it's a super-cute Medieval place. And of course, getting the Ginjinha. As for those beans, we have them in Italian culture, too. In Italian they are "Lupini". And like another commenter here, you CAN eat the shell. I do. For Fado shows, I liked getting a tour for Fado. They take you to the theatre, you get an amazing dinner included (with wine!) and the performers are wonderful and the tour may even drop you off back at your hotel.
Portugal is a must. Hope i can visit it against soon. I'm missing so many good places, and, of course some many lovely friends. Moreover, they're great at cooking fish, specially cod
1:55 honestly, as a portuguese person myself, neither I nor most if not all the people I know like this new trend with parents spoiling their kids and having them on their phones while being spoonfed just so they don't throw a tantrum or cry because they're entertained with their devices. The general consensus is that it's lazy and bad parenting. Usually only families who don't care much about good manners would do that, otherwise they'd say "no phones at the table while eating". Fortunately it seems like it's regressing a bit, I think this trend used to be more prevalent a few years back than it is now, so that's good.
Looking forward to my Portugal trip in Oct. I’ll definitely fit in with the coffee culture and feasting on meat n rice 👍🏼☺️.. thanks for the tips! It’s definitely a country to go back to more than once 😊
Noooooo, forget the rice, you want the potatoes, and not the " french fries " you want the REAL potatoes ( batatas a murro " punched potatoes " ) those are a thing of beauty lol, its almost like being in front of Michelangelo's Pieta... but you can eat it.
2:34 this is new to me as a Portuguese. I mean, when im with close friends or my brothers/parents, its normal if they want to try your food but unknown people/not so close friends its really nothing usual for them to just try your food without your consent.
I visited Lisbon a couple of years ago. One of my favourite cities in Europe. Lots of things to do and not too expensive. I really liked all the pastries and desserts, make sure to try a new one at least once a day 😋
Fun video, some good information! Some of us don't drink. There are hardly any videos for those of us who love to travel, but just don't drink alcohol. Watching for more options for family activities, & we loved our trip to Portugal in April. Looking to return & visit North & central Portugal.
I'm going back to Porto in eight days for two weeks. I can't wait. It was you who made me decide to go in the first place. This will be my fourteenth trip to Porto since 2015. Thank you for making the video about Porto. You changed my life. I think I will visit Braga this time. Last time I went it was raining. I've been to Guimaraes a few times I really like it.
Its good to hear the things somebody from outside sees that we dont, cause its part of our culture we dont even think about it. But an outside opinion really helps with introspection. I myself live in a country that is not my own, and i also see things the natives do not. Its funny
@@woltersworldWe don't have any rivalry with Spain: that's something in the past. We don't like when people speak in Spanish because it's like not aknowledging our country and language, like if we were a part of Spain😊!
@@woltersworldYou eat a lot of carbs but food hasn't as much preservatives as it has in the USA, so the food is way less toxic (some americans think they have lactose or gluten intolerance and they eat a lot of milk and pasta here and they are ok!). Besides that, we use a lot of olive iol or sunflower oil, way healthier than corn oil (which is way more fatty and it chemicaly changes way more when fried than olive oil), so, it's still healthier. The portions are the issue: if you eat an outrageous portion of food and you don't exercise, it's bad, but if you eat less and/or you exercise, you'll be fine! 😊
I was kinda surprised to see that being a vegetarian or vegan is hard in Portugal...and then I realized it applies to restaurants. For me - someone who mostly does not eat meat and visits Portugal for at least 3 months a year - Portugal is an excellent place for vegans and vegetarians IF you make food at home. Bitoque with seitan is amazing
Vegetarian restauurants in Portugal are worth seeking out as the freshness and quality and the pride they take in cooking so often make for a wonderful meal.
I've been a vegertarian and vegan and it's doable in the bigger cities. I ate out a lot. You find the 2 or 3 restaurants you prefer and you are set. But then again I have no life in another country while being vegan to contrast.
We are vegetarians and spent a week in Porto last summer. We really had very little trouble finding good food. In fact there was a vegan restaurant just around the corner from our hotel.
@@diogorodrigues747 It's not about tourists. All big cities all over the world have the most vegan options. There is nice vegan food in many places in the Algarve, in Setubal, Lisboa and in many places in central Pt.
I am thinking of visiting Portugal this summer but just Lisbon and Porto. Is there train service between those two cities and Portugal in general? I never rent cars when traveling as I travel to cities for the most part.
Yes, you have train from Lisbon to Porto. In Porto you can also do a old train route in Douro river, and go back to Porto in a Boat, with Lunch. Ask for it in a Hotel or tourism stall.
I'm Portuguese and what you saying here is very true🍷, especially about spanish language, We cannot cope with a country who tried steal our land 600 years ago. At the time we were 6,600 men against 31,000 and we won the battle, named Battle of Aljubarrota, but the funny thing that you forgot to mention is, Portuguese people understand well spanish language while they are struggling to understand Portuguese😆, and that is what kills them .lol.
Mark, love your videos-the experiences, the food, and the education. We are heading to Lisbon in the fall and have looked at all of your Lisbon videos in preparation. Obrigado,
One thing I never see mentioned is the varying levels of the cities. Yes walking is not a problem. We averaged 20-25K steps a day in Lisbon. But the inclines are a different story lol ! Our place was by Sao Jorge's castle so getting from the center back was like climbing Everest until we discovered free elevators. The first would take us like 4 stories(Elevador do Castelo) and then we'd have to walk to a Pingo Dolce grocery store to their elevator that took us up 7 more stories, then we'd have to walk a further incline to get to our place. Just some advice.
I am Portuguese and it is true, and I did not got the idea, and its true, we can ask for a bite from our friends plate. So true. Never thought about that particularity 🤣
Mark: Regarding the confusion between Portuguese and Spanish, do remember that Portuguese is just a drunk Russian trying to speak Spanish and Spanish is just a hyperactive Arab with blocked sinuses trying to speak Portuguese.😂
Im from NY and visited Brasil for easter 2022, on good Friday I was served a fish stew which I thought was all fillet.. long story short my intestine was perforated by a huge fish bone. Emergency surgery and 7 days in the hospital, luckily in New York.
I'd like to add as far as safety issues, be careful when walking everywhere. The sidewalks are wavy, often steep and full of trip hazards. And there is a lot of places without handrails. I did have a fall at a rest area stop. I walked over a threshold exiting the building and there was a step down that I didn't see, tge sun was in my eyes. I luckily didn't break a bone, just bruised my elbow.
Hi Mark. Just to let you know, I found the red text you’ve added for each section quite difficult to read. It might be worth adding a border around each letter if that’s possible, so they stand out a bit more from the video behind them. I’m red green colourblind, though, so it may not be as bad for someone with normal colour vision.
The good thing about Portugal is because of It’s size, by car we can be anywhere in just a few hours. I’ve been to almost every district in Portugal (I am portuguese) and my favourite besides Lisbon (which will always be my favourite) is probably Aveiro, Bragança and Guimarães. And I really want to go back to Gerês (big natural reservatory) because it’s beautiful and I was there as a kid but I don’t remember a single thing. In Algarve I really like Tavira, it is not so touristic, it’s very chilled. When I went to Évora to see the bone chapel I was impressed by the size, because I thought it was quite bigger 😂 the creapiest thing is that there is a full human’s death body displayed and I was like “this skulls look small, where they from children?”. In tourism we call this dark tourism. Did a work about this in university, using Capela dos Ossos in Évora.
Thanks, Professor! Re: being vegan - that is probably true for going to a general place with many others, but we know vegans who live in Lisbon and Porto and say it is great for them. If you look at Happy Cow, there are loads of purely vegan or vegetarian places around. (My wife was a German professor at Carnegie Mellon for many years, and had the same problem going to beer halls with students over in Germany - fries and a glass of white wine. :-)
Speaking Brazilian is not as bad as depicted here. There are vegan restaurants you can go to and supermarkets have a lot of vegan food. The Algarve has a lot of foreigners but people don’t like being depicted as not really Portuguese and while almost everyone speaks English they almost all speak Portuguese.
I was just about to say that about the Algarve. Thank you! As someone from the Algarve I felt a little offended because yeah sure there are a lot of foreigners here but majority of people are still portuguese!! And there is so many great things to see there, everyone should visit it
Do you have a good website to learn some basic Portuguese? At least the Portuguese for Portugal not Brazil. Thanks for all your videos and all the work you do! We’re going to be there in November and we’re so excited.
Portuguese from Portugal is very different from Brazilian Portuguese. A Brazilian told me, for him, it was as hard to understand it as to understand Spanish.
Hi Mark! I'm Portuguese and I have Portuguese family in Brazil and Brazilian family in Portugal. Some Brazilians say that because they have issues with Portuguese colonization. For many years in Brazil the elites tried to brainwash people's mentality. The only difference between Brazilian Portuguese and the standard Portuguese is the accent and some words they use in different ways. Think in the same way as American English and British English. Of course in some regions like in Manchester if you are an American, the way they speak can be very tough to understand. The same happens in the Portuguese language. 😀👍
@@pedroluis758 Boa tarde, Pedro. I speak Portuguese. I learned Brazilian first, then Portuguese versions. I don't know. Personally, I have tried to learn the Portuguese accent and pronunciation for years now, although I have a Cape Verdean tutor and a Brazilian tutor. I have had them for years, and I had a Portuguese tutor. Portuguese Portuguese still baffles me. Although I usually understand about everything my Brazilian tutor says, I often understand half or less of what my Cape Verdean tutor says, speaking the same language. It was the same with my Portuguese tutor, but worse. Most of what Andre said I couldn't understand.
@@MarkBH70 eu entendo o que mencionas. Mas honestamente os Cabo-Verdianos falam criolo português e quando falam Português podem ter uma dicção mais forte. Há também o fato de que a fonética da maioria deles não é a melhor. O mesmo para os Portugueses. Há muitos portugueses que têm uma dicção muito forte e difícil dependendo da região e também da maneira que se expressam pessoalmente, seja na cadência e rapidez. Mas isso também se refere a muitas regiões do Brasil, onde também existe a mesma situação. Eu sou da região de Leiria em Portugal, a qual tem supostamente o português mais padrão - (Entre Coimbra e Lisboa) mas vivo nos Estados Unidos há mais de 27 anos.
Nasci em África, vivo em portugal e entendo todos os falantes de português....a nossa língua é a nossa pátria. O inglês do reino unido é diferente dos estados unidos.....qual o problema?
Every video ppl talking about Lisbon sidewalk being slipery, i think i only saw a person slipping in it my entire life and she was drunk af, so any kind of sidewalk would be the same.
Can you do a video on overtourism please? I know your videos are full of knowledge on being good guests but even good guests can be a nuisance. As a prolific traveler what is your take on overtourism?
I have driven a car in Italy 🇮🇹 and the the Italian drivers can be very aggressive at times. I don’t think it would be any different if I was to rent a car in Portugal 🇵🇹. 00:48
0:52 - Saying _"it seems like _*_most_*_ portuguese have a little bit of a rally driver in them"_ is somewhat of an incorrect assessment these days. Some do but the majority don't and it's outside of the cities, rather than in them, that visitors may encounter one of these. Also, paying attention to the other drivers is something you must do at all times and not just because there might be a few Walter Röhrl-wannabes driving around. The portuguese drivers in general have become more civilised in the last 5-6 years than they were 15-20 years ago but even then it was worlds apart from back in the 90's, when the roads were virtually a battlefield. 7:45 - Thinking that "it's all considered Porto" is another mistake many tourists make. 😉 I'm going to add another mistake many tourists make when visiting Lisbon: thinking that Pastéis de Belém and Pastéis de Nata are the same thing. They're not and don't even try to compare them. If you want to make comparisons, make them among the countless Pastéis de Nata that are made and sold all over Lisbon.
Há muitos e bons restaurantes vegetarianos e vegans em Portugal. Talvez mais em Lisboa, mas não só. Em Braga tb há. E certamente tb os haverá em muitos outros locais. Quanto aos muitos hidratos de carbono, infelizmente, agora é verdade. É mais fácil, prático e os estrangeiros, e não só, gostam muito. Mas há bons pratos típicos portugueses que não misturam arroz e batatas fritas. O peixe grelhado, inteiro e com espinhas, 😂( há que saber tirá-las) é, normalmente, servido com batata cozida e legumes. Boa estadia e bom contacto com a belíssima e rica Língua Portuguesa, de Portugal ( no Brasil tb se fala português, embora com muitas diferenças. Não existe Língua Brasileira.). Bjs ( esta despedida é mesmo à portuguesa).😂
Wow, the truest thing is people who think they can speak Spanish here. Don't. The most important words to learn are, Ola, bom dia/boa tarde. We always say both. When parting, you can say Bom dia (morning) Boa tarde (afternoon) or just Ciao. I disagree with the driving though. I think Portuguese drivers are incredibly polite. If you are going to drive here, yes, you must learn the rules, especially of the traffic circle!
About food and meals, l also advise you not to go to restaurants and ask only starters and soup. If you find it expensive or too much food, it is better to go to a pastry that serves savoring and soup. Restaurants have the purpose of selling main courses. An other recommendation, once vising church don't use caps or hats and don't pretend that you are a Catholic: taking pictures kneeling down with a cap on your head, that is not respectful to the place and to catholics.
I love your videos, but you kind of talk fast. I went into your transcript to try to write down some of the names of the cities that you mentioned and because it’s done phonetically, I’m not quite sure what cities you’re saying might be nice if you’re gonna mention cities of names to either write it somewhere in the notes down below or Type it up and put it as a flash on the bottom of the screen, I would love to visit some of the places you mentioning!
How easy or not easy is traveling across the border from Galicia? I’m going to Santiago de Compostela soon but would like to travel around if at all possible
@@bordaz1 depends on the transport. Santiago may be a bit isolated in terms of public transport. If using car it’s as easy as you can get, specially Porto, Braga, Guimarães. There are highways all the way.
Here is a big big mistake do NOT play spanish music on a Portuguese video, come on man don't you ck your videos before you post? Please redo this video.
Who doesn't gut the fish? In Madeira island I started helping my mom fix fish when I was still very young. But newer generations may not know that you are suppose to gut it.
Hmm how does someone change their accent based on what country they are visiting? I thought people from Portugal appreciate when people try to speak the language. I learned Brazilian Portuguese because my gf is from there. I would hope they wouldn’t spit in my food just because i pronounced “de” differently
and you are kind of right, but the thing you dont know is the history and the culture between both countries, so yes, Brazilian accent, will get people to help you, especialy if you speak what we call " macarronic brazilian " ( brazilian with a foreign accent ), but if you speak " shit EU Portuguese " people will respect you a lot more, like i said, its nothing about you or the language you learned, its about the culture of both countries.
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Important information for all new visitors to Portugal 🇵🇹:
If there is a downhill, there is an equal and opposite uphill. Everywhere. All the time. Always. You will not escape it. Enjoy your stay.
Venha vinho.
@@TagusMan never can escape those hills 😀
We ended up in Portugal without any planning and had a Great time.
I love going to Portugal. I'm a bit surprised you didn't mention day trips to Obidos - I went there with a tour and it's a super-cute Medieval place. And of course, getting the Ginjinha. As for those beans, we have them in Italian culture, too. In Italian they are "Lupini". And like another commenter here, you CAN eat the shell. I do. For Fado shows, I liked getting a tour for Fado. They take you to the theatre, you get an amazing dinner included (with wine!) and the performers are wonderful and the tour may even drop you off back at your hotel.
Portugal is a must. Hope i can visit it against soon. I'm missing so many good places, and, of course some many lovely friends. Moreover, they're great at cooking fish, specially cod
Loved my trip to Lisbon, some of the best food I’ve ever had on vacation.
So good!
My favorite town is Portimao , its fantastic , going there every year ,,,,😊😊
1:55 honestly, as a portuguese person myself, neither I nor most if not all the people I know like this new trend with parents spoiling their kids and having them on their phones while being spoonfed just so they don't throw a tantrum or cry because they're entertained with their devices. The general consensus is that it's lazy and bad parenting. Usually only families who don't care much about good manners would do that, otherwise they'd say "no phones at the table while eating". Fortunately it seems like it's regressing a bit, I think this trend used to be more prevalent a few years back than it is now, so that's good.
Looking forward to my Portugal trip in Oct. I’ll definitely fit in with the coffee culture and feasting on meat n rice 👍🏼☺️.. thanks for the tips! It’s definitely a country to go back to more than once 😊
Noooooo, forget the rice, you want the potatoes, and not the " french fries " you want the REAL potatoes ( batatas a murro " punched potatoes " ) those are a thing of beauty lol, its almost like being in front of Michelangelo's Pieta... but you can eat it.
Don't go without working out by walking inclines for a few weeks first. The hills, they're no joke!
Portugal food is Amazing. Guimaraes is my favorite city! Ginja with dark chocolate is to die for Yum!
Love guimaraes!!!
I've been to Guimaraes two or three times. It's very pretty.
Me too. ❤
I’ve only been to Madeira, where life is different. We have bookmarked your tips for visiting the mainland.
Why???? Why would you ever do that lol, so you came to paradise, and now you want to try frikking purgatory??? Why???? ( yes im biast, i'm madeiran )
2:34 this is new to me as a Portuguese. I mean, when im with close friends or my brothers/parents, its normal if they want to try your food but unknown people/not so close friends its really nothing usual for them to just try your food without your consent.
Well, i am guessing if you are having dinner with someone they arent strangers 😀
Portuguese here, I'm surprised with how well you know Portugal! Well done 👍🏽
obrigado!
I visited Lisbon a couple of years ago. One of my favourite cities in Europe. Lots of things to do and not too expensive. I really liked all the pastries and desserts, make sure to try a new one at least once a day 😋
Fun video, some good information! Some of us don't drink. There are hardly any videos for those of us who love to travel, but just don't drink alcohol. Watching for more options for family activities, & we loved our trip to Portugal in April. Looking to return & visit North & central Portugal.
I'm going back to Porto in eight days for two weeks. I can't wait. It was you who made me decide to go in the first place. This will be my fourteenth trip to Porto since 2015. Thank you for making the video about Porto. You changed my life. I think I will visit Braga this time. Last time I went it was raining. I've been to Guimaraes a few times I really like it.
Thats awesome! Have a great trip!
Consider Barcelos too, close to Braga and quite pretty. Amarante is also quite nice
@@duartesilva7907 thanks i will look into it
9:36 plus go to the acores... so nice
Its good to hear the things somebody from outside sees that we dont, cause its part of our culture we dont even think about it. But an outside opinion really helps with introspection. I myself live in a country that is not my own, and i also see things the natives do not. Its funny
Abraço
@@woltersworldWe don't have any rivalry with Spain: that's something in the past. We don't like when people speak in Spanish because it's like not aknowledging our country and language, like if we were a part of Spain😊!
@@woltersworldYou eat a lot of carbs but food hasn't as much preservatives as it has in the USA, so the food is way less toxic (some americans think they have lactose or gluten intolerance and they eat a lot of milk and pasta here and they are ok!). Besides that, we use a lot of olive iol or sunflower oil, way healthier than corn oil (which is way more fatty and it chemicaly changes way more when fried than olive oil), so, it's still healthier. The portions are the issue: if you eat an outrageous portion of food and you don't exercise, it's bad, but if you eat less and/or you exercise, you'll be fine! 😊
@vervideosgiros1156 thats crazy talk 😉
I was kinda surprised to see that being a vegetarian or vegan is hard in Portugal...and then I realized it applies to restaurants. For me - someone who mostly does not eat meat and visits Portugal for at least 3 months a year - Portugal is an excellent place for vegans and vegetarians IF you make food at home. Bitoque with seitan is amazing
Vegetarian restauurants in Portugal are worth seeking out as the freshness and quality and the pride they take in cooking so often make for a wonderful meal.
I've been a vegertarian and vegan and it's doable in the bigger cities. I ate out a lot. You find the 2 or 3 restaurants you prefer and you are set. But then again I have no life in another country while being vegan to contrast.
My wife is Portuguese and a vegetarian (with an exception for cod). We've travelled all over Portugal and she's had no problem finding great food.
As Irish person its funny to see Fado when weve Fadó too in ireland
What is Fadó?
@pedritu147 well its Irish Fadó Fadó is like long long ago and often is start of myths or stories
That’s interesting!
I'm Portuguese and I eat the whole tremoço, it's delicious and full of fiber. It's a crime to let it go to waste!
You are a stronger person than me 😀
YES we do aahahah
Yesss the "shell" is where the salty deliciousness is 😂
It also adds texture.
Eu não como a casca ahah
I’m heading to Portugal in July so this was perfect timing! Thank you 😊
My father was born in PUNTA DELGADA, Madeira Island in 1915. He took us back in 2001 and it was amazing! Madeira wine is amazing.
Ponta Delgada,punta é espanhol
@@saragomes6242 So sorry--I HIT THE WRONG KEY IN ERROR!
@nanabutner - Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel island, Açores, not Madeira...
@@helenagracio7556 Ponta Delgada is also named a village at the northern coast of Madeira.
@@u-groundkickz7431 - You are right. I apologise.
There are so many vegan and vegetarian restaurants in Portuga!
We are vegetarians and spent a week in Porto last summer. We really had very little trouble finding good food. In fact there was a vegan restaurant just around the corner from our hotel.
But that's in touristic Porto. Go outside of tourist places and see what happens.
Tanta Sopa Para Comer:)
Oh you're gonna love Azores then, they have the biggest vegan population of Portugal.........
@@diogorodrigues747 It's not about tourists. All big cities all over the world have the most vegan options. There is nice vegan food in many places in the Algarve, in Setubal, Lisboa and in many places in central Pt.
I am thinking of visiting Portugal this summer but just Lisbon and Porto. Is there train service between those two cities and Portugal in general? I never rent cars when traveling as I travel to cities for the most part.
Yes, you have train from Lisbon to Porto. In Porto you can also do a old train route in Douro river, and go back to Porto in a Boat, with Lunch. Ask for it in a Hotel or tourism stall.
The express train is nice. Takes about 3 hours.
I'm Portuguese and what you saying here is very true🍷, especially about spanish language, We cannot cope with a country who tried steal our land 600 years ago. At the time we were 6,600 men against 31,000 and we won the battle, named Battle of Aljubarrota, but the funny thing that you forgot to mention is, Portuguese people understand well spanish language while they are struggling to understand Portuguese😆, and that is what kills them .lol.
I love your channel because of your genuine love of food and culture! You make me want to visit all these beautiful places!
Thank you!
I think this has been one of your best videos!!! Thank you!!! 😊
Thank you
Mark, love your videos-the experiences, the food, and the education. We are heading to Lisbon in the fall and have looked at all of your Lisbon videos in preparation. Obrigado,
You will love it!
I'll be back in a month. ...LOVE Portugal.
Me too!
@@woltersworld great! I'd love to buy you a drink!
One thing I never see mentioned is the varying levels of the cities. Yes walking is not a problem. We averaged 20-25K steps a day in Lisbon. But the inclines are a different story lol ! Our place was by Sao Jorge's castle so getting from the center back was like climbing Everest until we discovered free elevators. The first would take us like 4 stories(Elevador do Castelo) and then we'd have to walk to a Pingo Dolce grocery store to their elevator that took us up 7 more stories, then we'd have to walk a further incline to get to our place. Just some advice.
Love to travel around the corners❤
I am so excited to visit Portugal
The quintessential vegetarian dish in Portugal is an omolette ;).
I love your channel! You're so friendly and fun👍
thank you
Great information 👍
Super! Bravo!
I am Portuguese and it is true, and I did not got the idea, and its true, we can ask for a bite from our friends plate. So true. Never thought about that particularity 🤣
Mark: Regarding the confusion between Portuguese and Spanish, do remember that Portuguese is just a drunk Russian trying to speak Spanish and Spanish is just a hyperactive Arab with blocked sinuses trying to speak Portuguese.😂
I will have to remember that
Great
Im from NY and visited Brasil for easter 2022, on good Friday I was served a fish stew which I thought was all fillet.. long story short my intestine was perforated by a huge fish bone. Emergency surgery and 7 days in the hospital, luckily in New York.
Holy crapola!!! Glad you were ok in the end. Ouch! That sucks
Loved this video!
Great video, as always !!
By the way do you know some good and cheap tascas, in Lisbon 👌 ?
I'd like to add as far as safety issues, be careful when walking everywhere. The sidewalks are wavy, often steep and full of trip hazards. And there is a lot of places without handrails. I did have a fall at a rest area stop. I walked over a threshold exiting the building and there was a step down that I didn't see, tge sun was in my eyes. I luckily didn't break a bone, just bruised my elbow.
Good work
Hey Mark, cool video and interesting tips.
Hey, thanks!
Hi Mark. Just to let you know, I found the red text you’ve added for each section quite difficult to read. It might be worth adding a border around each letter if that’s possible, so they stand out a bit more from the video behind them. I’m red green colourblind, though, so it may not be as bad for someone with normal colour vision.
Awesome 👍
Great suggestions!
Spectacular
Fantastic 😻
Perfect 👍
The good thing about Portugal is because of It’s size, by car we can be anywhere in just a few hours. I’ve been to almost every district in Portugal (I am portuguese) and my favourite besides Lisbon (which will always be my favourite) is probably Aveiro, Bragança and Guimarães. And I really want to go back to Gerês (big natural reservatory) because it’s beautiful and I was there as a kid but I don’t remember a single thing. In Algarve I really like Tavira, it is not so touristic, it’s very chilled.
When I went to Évora to see the bone chapel I was impressed by the size, because I thought it was quite bigger 😂 the creapiest thing is that there is a full human’s death body displayed and I was like “this skulls look small, where they from children?”. In tourism we call this dark tourism. Did a work about this in university, using Capela dos Ossos in Évora.
Well done 👍
Fabulous 😍
First mistake: Do not put cuban music on a video about Portugal 😂
My editors are funny sometimes
🤣🤣
Actual mistake: not putting Cuban music on EVERY VIDEO ALL THE TIME
Verdade! That's not at all their music 🎵
@@RoundAreWay “editors”
Thanks, Professor! Re: being vegan - that is probably true for going to a general place with many others, but we know vegans who live in Lisbon and Porto and say it is great for them. If you look at Happy Cow, there are loads of purely vegan or vegetarian places around.
(My wife was a German professor at Carnegie Mellon for many years, and had the same problem going to beer halls with students over in Germany - fries and a glass of white wine. :-)
Good video
Wow
👍👍👍👍 informative
Gorgeous
Nice 👍
First mistake is not going to the Açores when visiting Portugal
Lots of vegans there, lots and lots of vegans, they roam the fields and make superb cheese.
Good
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My bro was in 2021 in Portugal and he enjoyed it
Speaking Brazilian is not as bad as depicted here. There are vegan restaurants you can go to and supermarkets have a lot of vegan food. The Algarve has a lot of foreigners but people don’t like being depicted as not really Portuguese and while almost everyone speaks English they almost all speak Portuguese.
I was just about to say that about the Algarve. Thank you! As someone from the Algarve I felt a little offended because yeah sure there are a lot of foreigners here but majority of people are still portuguese!! And there is so many great things to see there, everyone should visit it
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Do you have a good website to learn some basic Portuguese? At least the Portuguese for Portugal not Brazil. Thanks for all your videos and all the work you do! We’re going to be there in November and we’re so excited.
Search for channels: Portuguese with Leo or "... with Maria" and you'll find them. I just hung out in local bars in my country chatting to Brazilians
Also, last night at a language exchange event they asked me how long I've lived in Lisbon for. I told them the truth: four hours. :D
Portuguese with Leo. He may have some helpful videos. There are others as well.
Very accurate video!
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Good advices
Portuguese from Portugal is very different from Brazilian Portuguese. A Brazilian told me, for him, it was as hard to understand it as to understand Spanish.
Hi Mark! I'm Portuguese and I have Portuguese family in Brazil and Brazilian family in Portugal. Some Brazilians say that because they have issues with Portuguese colonization. For many years in Brazil the elites tried to brainwash people's mentality. The only difference between Brazilian Portuguese and the standard Portuguese is the accent and some words they use in different ways. Think in the same way as American English and British English. Of course in some regions like in Manchester if you are an American, the way they speak can be very tough to understand. The same happens in the Portuguese language. 😀👍
@@pedroluis758 Boa tarde, Pedro. I speak Portuguese. I learned Brazilian first, then Portuguese versions. I don't know. Personally, I have tried to learn the Portuguese accent and pronunciation for years now, although I have a Cape Verdean tutor and a Brazilian tutor. I have had them for years, and I had a Portuguese tutor. Portuguese Portuguese still baffles me. Although I usually understand about everything my Brazilian tutor says, I often understand half or less of what my Cape Verdean tutor says, speaking the same language. It was the same with my Portuguese tutor, but worse. Most of what Andre said I couldn't understand.
@@MarkBH70 eu entendo o que mencionas. Mas honestamente os Cabo-Verdianos falam criolo português e quando falam Português podem ter uma dicção mais forte. Há também o fato de que a fonética da maioria deles não é a melhor. O mesmo para os Portugueses. Há muitos portugueses que têm uma dicção muito forte e difícil dependendo da região e também da maneira que se expressam pessoalmente, seja na cadência e rapidez. Mas isso também se refere a muitas regiões do Brasil, onde também existe a mesma situação. Eu sou da região de Leiria em Portugal, a qual tem supostamente o português mais padrão - (Entre Coimbra e Lisboa) mas vivo nos Estados Unidos há mais de 27 anos.
@@MarkBH70 and of course some regions in Portugal and Brazil can have a very strong and thought accent to understand.
Nasci em África, vivo em portugal e entendo todos os falantes de português....a nossa língua é a nossa pátria. O inglês do reino unido é diferente dos estados unidos.....qual o problema?
Every video ppl talking about Lisbon sidewalk being slipery, i think i only saw a person slipping in it my entire life and she was drunk af, so any kind of sidewalk would be the same.
We are vegetarian and spent a week in Porto last sui
Can you do a video on overtourism please? I know your videos are full of knowledge on being good guests but even good guests can be a nuisance. As a prolific traveler what is your take on overtourism?
Great video! I’m from Brazil and love your videos.
I have driven a car in Italy 🇮🇹 and the the Italian drivers can be very aggressive at times. I don’t think it would be any different if I was to rent a car in Portugal 🇵🇹. 00:48
Probably not too different
Just let them get on with it
You can eat the whole tremoço, it's fine!
Also never ask for "uma bica" in Porto.
That goes for the bureaucracy. 0:12:20
0:52 - Saying _"it seems like _*_most_*_ portuguese have a little bit of a rally driver in them"_ is somewhat of an incorrect assessment these days. Some do but the majority don't and it's outside of the cities, rather than in them, that visitors may encounter one of these. Also, paying attention to the other drivers is something you must do at all times and not just because there might be a few Walter Röhrl-wannabes driving around. The portuguese drivers in general have become more civilised in the last 5-6 years than they were 15-20 years ago but even then it was worlds apart from back in the 90's, when the roads were virtually a battlefield.
7:45 - Thinking that "it's all considered Porto" is another mistake many tourists make. 😉
I'm going to add another mistake many tourists make when visiting Lisbon: thinking that Pastéis de Belém and Pastéis de Nata are the same thing. They're not and don't even try to compare them. If you want to make comparisons, make them among the countless Pastéis de Nata that are made and sold all over Lisbon.
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Lisbon and Porto became 2 gentrification hotspots. Just playgrounds for tourists and digital nomads. Locals were pushed away from the city
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Starbucks, isn't that a candy store?
Há muitos e bons restaurantes vegetarianos e vegans em Portugal. Talvez mais em Lisboa, mas não só. Em Braga tb há. E certamente tb os haverá em muitos outros locais.
Quanto aos muitos hidratos de carbono, infelizmente, agora é verdade. É mais fácil, prático e os estrangeiros, e não só, gostam muito. Mas há bons pratos típicos portugueses que não misturam arroz e batatas fritas. O peixe grelhado, inteiro e com espinhas, 😂( há que saber tirá-las) é, normalmente, servido com batata cozida e legumes.
Boa estadia e bom contacto com a belíssima e rica Língua Portuguesa, de Portugal ( no Brasil tb se fala português, embora com muitas diferenças. Não existe Língua Brasileira.). Bjs ( esta despedida é mesmo à portuguesa).😂
Wow, the truest thing is people who think they can speak Spanish here. Don't. The most important words to learn are, Ola, bom dia/boa tarde. We always say both. When parting, you can say Bom dia (morning) Boa tarde (afternoon) or just Ciao. I disagree with the driving though. I think Portuguese drivers are incredibly polite. If you are going to drive here, yes, you must learn the rules, especially of the traffic circle!
Portuguese have their own time zone :) But they live life the way they are suppose to!!
Amen!
The Carbs 😉
With a side of carbs
@@woltersworld And an entry of carbs.... and of course dont forget the carbs deseart....
About food and meals, l also advise you not to go to restaurants and ask only starters and soup. If you find it expensive or too much food, it is better to go to a pastry that serves savoring and soup. Restaurants have the purpose of selling main courses.
An other recommendation, once vising church don't use caps or hats and don't pretend that you are a Catholic: taking pictures kneeling down with a cap on your head, that is not respectful to the place and to catholics.
I live part time in Porto and I never eat that beans .. and other Portuguese food I will never eat
I love your videos, but you kind of talk fast. I went into your transcript to try to write down some of the names of the cities that you mentioned and because it’s done phonetically, I’m not quite sure what cities you’re saying might be nice if you’re gonna mention cities of names to either write it somewhere in the notes down below or Type it up and put it as a flash on the bottom of the screen, I would love to visit some of the places you mentioning!
What are your 5 cities to visit in Portugal ?
Lisbon, Porto, Obidos, Guimaraes, Evora
How easy or not easy is traveling across the border from Galicia? I’m going to Santiago de Compostela soon but would like to travel around if at all possible
@@bordaz1 depends on the transport. Santiago may be a bit isolated in terms of public transport. If using car it’s as easy as you can get, specially Porto, Braga, Guimarães. There are highways all the way.
@@bordaz1about 2h by car you'll be in Portugal, maybe less.
Here is a big big mistake do NOT play spanish music on a Portuguese video, come on man don't you ck your videos before you post? Please redo this video.
Did you say they don't gut the fish before cooking?? Maybe you misspoke? You have to gut the fish.
Who doesn't gut the fish?
In Madeira island I started helping my mom fix fish when I was still very young.
But newer generations may not know that you are suppose to gut it.
It’s the sardines I think he was referring too.
Hmm how does someone change their accent based on what country they are visiting? I thought people from Portugal appreciate when people try to speak the language. I learned Brazilian Portuguese because my gf is from there. I would hope they wouldn’t spit in my food just because i pronounced “de” differently
and you are kind of right, but the thing you dont know is the history and the culture between both countries, so yes, Brazilian accent, will get people to help you, especialy if you speak what we call " macarronic brazilian " ( brazilian with a foreign accent ), but if you speak " shit EU Portuguese " people will respect you a lot more, like i said, its nothing about you or the language you learned, its about the culture of both countries.
I’ve experienced this with Spanish. My teacher was Cuban - did not go over well in Madrid.
Speaking Spanish to them
Are you in Portugal right now ?
Sadly no
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