Hello- we will have 10/11 nights in Portugal next July - we will be flying into Lisbon and out of either Porto or Lisbon. We don't want to move hotels/apartments a lot- so trying to just have two bases. One will obviously be Lisbon, the second we were thinking a town along the Silver Coast- Nazare? or maybe a Coimbra if central Portugal?
We want to start with the city then have some down time in smaller towns were we can just lay back and relax and enjoy the scenery/food/people. So something like 6/7 nights in Lisbon and 4 in another town. We love the beach, but have the beach back home, so I would not plan a trip all the way to Europe for the beach, but I do love a fun cool beach town, especially if it has a little history/old buildings to enjoy. Connections to other close by towns would be nice - we are not against renting a car, but a good public transport system would be best - but will rent a car if we need to.
I know Porto is on the list, but I think we might be all "city'd out" by then. We just got back from Germany and ended in Munich, and honestly, I loved it, but I was ready for something a little more chill by the end of the trip. Also since we have our little one, sometimes something with less hustle and bustle fits us best.
Any and all advice welcomed!