Surf & stay : Spain and Portugal : where to surf, sleep and eat : a visual travel guide
Veerle Helsen (Author), Angie Sullivan (Translator)
Lifestyle journalist Veerle Helsen went "out-of-office" for six months, bought an old camper and travelled by herself along the Spanish and Portuguese coastline. Ever true to her motto "surf, see, sleep & eat", she combines three of her passions in this book: surfing, travelling and discovering hidden gems. How about a heavenly holiday mansion where there's a tree growing through the roof? Or an architectural public swimming pool that's hidden between rocks and the sea? She searched and found camper spots so quiet she could stay there for days without seeing another soul, secret beaches that aren't indicated on the map where one can sit back and watch the waves. Veerle Helsen dismisses the classic tourist image of Spain and Portugal and writes about a completely different world: untouched, fierce and free, with little beach bars serving the very fish they caught earlier that day, and roads wrapping themselves around cliffs and dunes, sheltered by pine trees and maintaining the view of sandcastles on the beach. While she drove, her drone was beside her on the passenger seat and her surf board was on the roof. Locations include: the coastal regions of Algarve, Alentejo, Lisbon, Beira, Minho, Douro, Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria and Pais Vasco. Cities included are Lagos, Lisbon, Ericeira, Peniche, Coimbra, Porto, Viana do Castelo, Pontevedra, Santiago de Compostela, Coruna, Santander, Bilbao, San Sebastian
travel guidebooks
304 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
9789401449069, 9401449066
1057619743
Surf photographers
Algarve
Alentejo
Lisbon Sea & the City
Ericeira & Peniche
Central Portugal
Porto & Northern Portugal
Wave hunting
Southern Galacia
Northern Galacia
Asturias
Cantabria
Basque Country
Campervan spots
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