Surprises & Lessons After 5 Weeks In Portugal (Van Life Europe) 🇵🇹

During March and April of 2022 we spend 36 days traveling through Portugal in our motorhome. We have travelled extensively by motorhome in France, Spain, Italy and some other European countries but this was our first time in Portugal.

Portugal is a wonderful motorhome destination and we thoroughly enjoyed our time there.
We briefly discus the following topics in this video and hope to share some insight and tips with you from our experience.

0:00 Introduction
01:19 Experience Driving and Portugal Roads
04:02 Overnighting in your Motorhome in Portugal
10:25 Portugal General Van life
12:01 Food in Portugal
14:31 Sightseeing
15:59 Language
16:20 Best season to visit Portugal
18:26 Motorhome Practicalities in Portugal

RELATED BLOG POSTS
Vanlife Portugal - Travelling by Campervan 2022
Is Wild Camping Legal in Spain? 2022

PORTUGAL TRAVEL GUIDE

▬▬▬
PLEASE REMEMBER:
We make vlogs, not travel guides. We don't film everything we see or do. Our videos cannot tell every story or show every place we visit. Our videos are merely a short snippet of sometimes a week's worth of life on the road and it's intended to show our experience as full-time travelers. As we're constantly on the move it's also not always possible to take the time to research every single location. We really appreciate when people offer us advice or make suggestions for our next visit. Please don't make assumptions or be rude. To us or to each other.
▬▬▬
SUPPORT:
If you enjoy our content and feel like you want to support us, you can do so in a number of ways.
1. SUBSCRIBE! Leave a comment and share our videos with your friends!
2. WATCH the ads displayed on our videos without skipping. Ads pays for content so that you don't have to!
3. USE the Super Thank You below the videos if you want to buy us a gelato!
7. VISIT our Affiliates using the LINKS below 👇
▬▬▬
ABOUT US:
▬▬▬
AMAZON STORE:
If you're interested in any of the gear we use or the products we show in our videos you will find most of them listed in our AMAZON store. If not, let us know and we'll provide more information.
▬▬▬
MUSIC:
▬▬▬
TRAVEL DEALS:
▬▬▬
B E F R I E N D S:
▬▬▬
Some of the above links are affiliate and if you use them to purchase any products or services, we may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting our channel in this way.
▬▬▬
#wewillnomad #vanlife #portugal

[WeWillNomad]

Portugal was amazing and we'll definitely be back as soon as possible! ❤

[cashandramara]

I recognised the familiar accent instantly. How awesome is it to stumble upon a vlog made by Saffers touring Europe while I'm considering van life in Europe. For many reasons we don't explore our own country that way...sadly, safety is one. Tolls are cheap there also. Bon voyage guys.

[embraceyourescape]

Thanks so much for the Portugal insights. We're currently in England in our old lady Betty, our motorhome. After starting our travels in North America, and with that our vlogging on our channel as well, we came to Europe to finally discover the continent we actually grew up on. We for sure will follow your journey. Thanks for the vlog!

[marcbashaw]

Amazing video, thanks for all of the detailed information!

[dougharris]

Probably one of the best video blogs on european travel life

[rosemarymassey]

Whirlwind trip, you missed sooo much . 6mth trips are the best October- March .
Enjoy the rest of your journey.

[BMWMav]

Enjoying your videos. I’m an ex South African living in the UK, my wife lived there most of her life although was born in England. Plan to travel Spain, Italy, France etc. during our retirement years (which are not too far away). The videos you guys make are definitely inspiring 👍

[pieternaessens]

In Australia we call retired motor home/caravan travellers “the Grey Nomads”😊
Thanks for the videos! I’m researching to spend about 12months in a motorhome with my family and taking a break from the rat race..

[davidfriesen]

Great video. Thank you. We are going at the end of September for 3 weeks.

[davidadebruyn]

Wow, thank so much for a lot of very good info.👌 We were thinking about August, but perhaps September would be better then, 🤔I just don't want cold or wet weather in Portugal.🙈
I better start saving for my Pastei de natas.
Enjoy France, we will be watching🤩
Stay safe 🙏

[ShaneandAneVanLife]

Great information guys!! We are heading to Spain in a few months:)

[albertzweistein]

I dont speak english very well but YT gave me a translation so I can follow you. Very symphatic and interesting. I am in the south of Portugal these days (December/Januar) and I can tell the weather is changing a lot. If the sun is shining its like springtime with about 18 to 20C but at night it could go down to 6C. This year it was raining a lot and then the night was at 17C! Some days are sunny some are rainy and some are cloudy. Its winter but its much much better than in Germany 😜 What I dont like is that they flood the south coast with beton. I was here 37 years ago and it was a totally differnt country. People sometimes rode a donkey and there were really no cars at the countryside. That changed completly. I feel little sad about that but time is running on 😅 Next time you visit Portugal you should take E-Bikes with you and take your time 😏✌️Thanks 4 sharing your trip! I did an abo 😋👍

[We_R_Hitched]

Juat found your channel! Love the info. In America we call wild camping boondocking!

[MinhaEstrelaNoMundo]

Adorei a série de Portugal. Espero que voltem em breve. Abraço 😘

[arturjj.travel]

Very useful video. Thanks guys. I’m in Portugal and I was wondering if I should rent an RV. So you have answered all my questions :)

[susie]

First contribution to the pasteis de nata estimate - I'm guessing 30. That's total (not each) - every video I watched you seemed to be eating them. Sometimes you'd share 1 but sometimes you'd have at least 2 in 1 day. So I'm guessing 30 for your 35 days in Portugal, and I think that's a conservative estimate 😏. (And I'm also going to guess at LEAST the same again for icecream cos you seem to have that every day and NOT share 😆).

But, as usual, it was just nice spending time with you guys

[alpantanjung]

Andre and Lisa, would you like to visit Malang, East Java, Indonesia. I'll be your tour guide in Malang. Malang is a nice city. It is called apple city, student city, and flower city.

[steveandnaz]

Great info!. How are the internet speeds? Good to see SA's!

[mikeyben-chetrit]

Was your sized van/rv difficult to drive in the cities? I am worried about driving a larger vehicle in the cities, should I be?

[elenbarnett]

Hi guys, which site did you stay in Porto please? Thanks 👍