Rick Steves' Europe — Season 1, Episode 1: Portugal's Heartland

Episode synopsis

Leaving Lisbon for the countryside, we eat barnacles in a salty old fishing town, march with pilgrims on the anniversary of a miracle, ponder the local Romeo and Juliet, sample university life, and rummage through the riches of Portugal's Golden Age.

About Rick Steves' Europe

Rick Steves, America's leading authority on European travel, returns to transport viewers to the continent's bustling cities, quaint villages and picturesque countryside.

More episodes from Season 1

• E2Paris: Grand and Intimate
• E3South England: Dover to Land's End
• E4Heart of England and South Wales
• E5Caesar's Rome
• E6Germany's Black Forest and Cologne
• E7Scotland's Islands and Highlands
• E8Surprising Bulgaria
• E9Rome: Baroque, After Dark
• E10Eastern Turkey
• E11London: Royal and Rambunctious
• E12Slovenia and Croatia
• E13The Best of Sicily