Where to go, and when · with the homework done
Florida is a federation of destinations running on one calendar: a dry season and a wet one. The orientation — Miami to the Everglades to the Keys — and the one rule that organizes every trip.
A river fifty miles wide and a few inches deep, an hour from Miami. The three entrances, the two seasons, and how to meet the wildest place in America on its best days.
Hurricane season closes, whale season opens, the Rockies spin up — and one week costs more than the rest of winter. Twelve Decembers, compared with data.
First visit: Baixa or Chiado. Character: Alfama. Leafy calm: Príncipe Real. The geography that actually decides your trip, no hotel roulette.
Golden cliffs west, warm lagoons east, wild surf beyond Sagres — how to choose your Algarve, month by month.
A week gives you Lisbon plus one other Portugal — the Douro, the Algarve or Porto. The complete first-timer guide: the five regions, when to come, costs in honest tiers, and the mistakes to skip.
