Light Summer with Ocean sound - Valongo PT 1

 

Hello Back after some light summer ! So I could not make any vacation this year since last November 2025.

Finally I took a chance from company somehow and got an instant 2 weeks !

I know, I have been away for a long time but lets evaulate some points of Portugal together.

I’m sure you will find some places to your tastes because I will tell you some different vibes and places this time.

So, this time I decided to slow down a little.

No crazy schedule.

No “I have to see 15 places in 2 days!”

Just me, my camera, some comfortable clothes, my little travel mood and a lot of curiosity. 📸

First stop was close to “Praia de Santa Rita” beach, you somehow need a car to drive here from Lisbon for 1 hour, close to town Vimeiro - Valongo. It was a secret place my friend helped me find it when I was looking for last minute vacation. My desire was to relax and do my post surgery stretchings and chill and beach only. The place is on top of mountain, and my first time ever slept with a lot of ocean noise at night!  Maybe if you look you can find “Tiny house in Torres Vedras” 😊 Secret place, I won’t share much.

It was one of those tiny house/cabin experiences where you feel like you've temporarily escaped from normal life. There was no big hotel. No city noise. No traffic outside the window.

Only the constant ocean white noise alll night when your sleeping. The feeling is something that you need the experience. Since I'm a city girl, for me it was very unusal!

DM me if you need to do yoga right in front of the sunset, stay in a cabin house, no electricity, pet some kittens, touch the ground bare foot and sleep with ocean noise !

The host was amazing and I did private yoga lesson firs time every in my life and I choosed it because have back problems after surgery, felt amazing for a day with sunset movements!

 Part 2 , Part 3  and Part 4 is coming up !!






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