Author: Marlene Marques

  • CAPE ROCA – AT THE END OF EUROPE

    CAPE ROCA – AT THE END OF EUROPE

    In Sintra (Portugal), right next to the sea, you’ll find Cape Roca. They call it the “End of Europe”.

  • TRAVELING TO SRI LANKA? CHECK OUT THIS SPA!

    TRAVELING TO SRI LANKA? CHECK OUT THIS SPA!

    Fed up with winter? How about a trip to the sun and the spa? This suggestion is likely to be a little out of hand. But since we’re dreaming about the summer, we can also dream of going to this massage paradise!

  • SETE CIDADES LAKE – BEAUTY IN THE CENTER OF THE CRATER

    SETE CIDADES LAKE – BEAUTY IN THE CENTER OF THE CRATER

    There’s so much to see in São Miguel, in Azores, but the Sete Cidades Lake is one of the most remarkable places on the island. A journey of discovery, incredible landscapes and nature in its purest form.

  • WITH SAINT ANTHONY IN MY BAG

    WITH SAINT ANTHONY IN MY BAG

    In one week I read “In The Steps of Saint Anthony,” Gonçalo Cadilhe’s new book. An easy reading, which brought positive and negative sides to my first approach to the work of the Portuguese author.

  • A SURPRISE CALLED NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANCIENT ART

    A SURPRISE CALLED NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANCIENT ART

    You may not be a great art lover, but I guarantee you will not be indifferent during a visit to the National Museum of Ancient Art. Still in doubt? Let yourself be inspired by this post.

  • 1 YEAR OF BLOG, 5 LESSONS

    1 YEAR OF BLOG, 5 LESSONS

    On January 3, 2016 I was posting on this blog my first post. That was how Surfer Girl On The Move was born.

  • WHAT MAKES ME LOVE THE NAZARÉ CHALLENGE

    WHAT MAKES ME LOVE THE NAZARÉ CHALLENGE

    If you have heard of Nazaré, in Portugal, you have certainly heard stories about the giant waves that exist there. It was just a few years ago that surfer Garrett McNamara broke the Guinness record with the biggest wave ever surfed.

  • EAT AT HOME IN À PARTE

    EAT AT HOME IN À PARTE

    What do you say about going out to dinner at a house like yours? The restaurant that I bring to you today is one of the most original in Lisbon, Portugal. I’m talking about À Parte.

  • AUTUMN IN GERES

    AUTUMN IN GERES

    The Peneda-Gerês National Park is one of the most beautiful places in Portugal and ideal to welcome autumn.

  • SKELETON SEA — ART FROM THE SEA

    SKELETON SEA — ART FROM THE SEA

    How many of us have walked the beach and found garbage that comes out of the sea? The image is not pretty and it was to fight against it that three surfers got together and created Skeleton Sea.

  • Travel into Lisbon’s Wen Summit

    Travel into Lisbon’s Wen Summit

    The Web Summit was held this week in Lisbon, and for three days the city was buzzing with the more than 50,000 participants from 166 countries, who invaded the city, filled hotels and marveled at everything the Portuguese capital has to offer.