Yeni Alvarez DeCarlo

Sometimes a vacation turns into a STAYcation. As in “I’m stayin’ here!” Whether you’re retiring to a change of pace, a digital nomad seeking a beachy new place to pitch your cyber-tent, or you’re just running from the law for a crime you didn’t commit, Portugal may be home to the New You you’ve been looking for.

Sometimes a vacation turns into a STAYcation. As in “I’m stayin’ here!” Whether you’re retiring to a change of pace, a digital nomad seeking a beachy new place to pitch your cyber-tent, or you’re just running from the law for a crime you didn’t commit, Portugal may be home to the New You you’ve been looking for.

First off, plan on AT LEAST 4–5 days, ideally a week, to get to know The Eternal City. I mean … it’s eternal, not Reno. As anyone with even a grade school grasp of world history knows, Rome has been there/done that. The Romans not only did it, chances are they invented it. Yes, contrary to the delightfully hilarious “Greeks invented everything” propaganda Nia Vardalos infuses into her Big Fat Greek Wedding movies, the Romans did their share of inventing; concrete, the calendar, central heating.