🇵🇹 Portugal Travel Board — 7–13 May 2026

✈️ Outbound Travel — Thursday, 7 May
06:30 Leave Rasheeqa
07:15 Arrive London Stansted
07:45–09:15 Check‑in & security
09:45 Ryanair FR1887 departs STN
12:35 Arrive Lisbon — Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS) (GMT+1)

🏨 Lisbon Accommodation (7 May)
Address
Av. Almirante Reis 98, Arroios, 1150‑022 Lisbon, Portugal
Check‑in 14:00
Tel +351 967 270 830
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🍽️ Dinner Options in Lisbon (7 May)

• Seafood

Solar 31 Da Calçada
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g189158-d4261980-Reviews-Solar_31_Da_Calcada-Lisbon_Lisbon_District_Central_Portugal.html

• Nepalese

Sanskar Nepal
Rua Das Chagas 25/27, Lisbon 1200‑106 Portugal
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🚌 Friday, 8 May — Lisbon → Mount of Oaks
Option A — Bus (recommended)
Rede Expressos (Sete Rios → Castelo Branco)

• Duration: ~2h30
• Price: €16–45
• Castelo Branco → Castelo Novo (taxi): 10 km, €15–20

Option B — Train
Lisboa Oriente → Castelo Branco

• 4 trains/day
• Duration: ~2h40
• Final leg: taxi to Mount of Oaks

User‑noted schedules

• Santa Apolónia/Oriente → Fundão
  • 08:50–11:35 (train) — Emma can pick you up
  • 09:30–12:40 (bus)

Important practical note
Castelo Branco → Mount of Oaks taxis must be pre‑booked.
Contact Mount of Oaks for local taxi numbers or pickup options.
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🌿 Mount of Oaks 
Dates: Saturday 9 May – Tuesday morning 12 May

• Crescent Moon Women’s Gathering
• “How we water the garden” — irrigation
• Permaculture, interdependence, sharing, vulnerability

Monte dos Carvalhos, CP 205, Castelo Novo, Portugal
Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/7QYvA5sF9H1xXaoh8
Email: mountofoaks@gmail.com
Hosts

• Emma Cowan
• Barbara Leite Cowan

🚌 Tuesday, 12 May — Return to Lisbon
FlixBus
Castelo Branco 11:30 → Lisbon 13:50 (Booked)

✈️ Return Flight — Wednesday, 13 May
Lisbon → London (Stansted)
Ryanair FR1887
16:30 departure (LIS) → 19:15 arrival (STN)

🏨 Where to Stay in Lisbon (12–13 May)
(Alfama recommended — sunset views, great food, walkable)

• Patio São Vicente Guest Houses 129
• Dalma Old Town Suites
• Antù Alfama 128
• Lisbon Lounge Hostel

OTHER INFOS 

🌱 Mount of Oaks — Reference Links

• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CXwhJqWXmk
• Podcast: https://liminalresourcing.com/podcast/s6e5mountofoaks/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mount.of.oaks
• Permaculture (Dan): https://beingearthbound.substack.com/

📚 Portugal — Colonial & Botanical Context (Summary)
Major former colonies (with independence years)
Angola (1975), Brazil (1822), Cape Verde (1975), East Timor (1975/2002),
Guinea‑Bissau (1974), Mozambique (1975), São Tomé & Príncipe (1975),
Goa (1961), Macau (1999).

🌍 Portugal × Botany × Colonialism

1. Spice Trade (1498–1600s) — Black pepper (“black gold”) monopoly after Vasco da Gama’s route.
2. Botanical extraction (1563) — Garcia de Orta’s Colóquios dos Simples built on uncredited Indigenous knowledge.
3. Rubber (1850s–1912) — Amazon rubber boom built on forced Indigenous labour.
4. Cinnamon monopoly (1505–1658) — Violent enforcement in Ceylon until Dutch takeover.
5. Quinine (1630s–20th c.) — Circulated by Portuguese/Dutch; access racially restricted.
6. Chilli dispersal (1500s–1600s) — Spread from the Americas to Africa/Asia via Portuguese routes.
7. Sugar & slavery (1420s–1888) — Plantation model from Madeira → São Tomé → Brazil.
8. Colonial botanic gardens (1768–19th c.) — Lisbon/Coimbra gardens as imperial extraction hubs.
9. Ipecac (1600s–1960s) — Indigenous Brazilian medicine appropriated into European pharmacology.
10. Clove monopolies (1511–1650s) — Violent control in Maluku; Banda massacre (1621).

expenses 
food korean 
drink at airport £9.5