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Manifest № 001 · Spring 2026 bybackpack.com · v2026.1

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DOSSIER № 01 / PT
Portu
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Lisbon · Porto · Algarve · Azores
60 pages
240 map pins
7 categorised layers
updated quarterly
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Lisbon, Porto,
& the quiet rest.

Portugal is the easy one — EU-cheap, English-friendly, and ruined by bad guides. This is the other one. Where locals actually live, which beach south of Lagos is still off, and the one scam that will cost you €5 if you don't know.

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What you won't find

  • Drone shots of things you can't access anymore
  • Hostels we've never slept in
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  • "Amazing!", "Bucket-list!", "You won't believe!"
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The Portugal map · what a pin looks like

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Early readers

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127 early readers got the Portugal draft in February. These are their notes — we didn't pick the nice ones.
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It's the first guide where I didn't feel lied to. The warning-spots layer alone paid for it — I avoided the taxi scam at LIS on day one.

M. Reis · 3 weeks, Lisbon → Porto
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No drone photography. No "bucket-list". Just 60 pages of what to do and what not to. I read it twice on the plane.

L. Bauer · Algarve, April
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The budget math is actually in euros. The transport apps actually work. The 22-item packing list is short on purpose. I trust these people now.

A. Novak · Azores, solo
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Dossier № 01 · PT · v2026.1

Portugal.

Lisbon, Porto, Algarve, the Azores — and the quiet rest. 60 pages · 240 map pins · 7 categorised layers · updated quarterly.

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Lisbon · 94 pins Porto · 56 pins
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Where not to go,
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Every guide tells you where to go. We also tell you where not to. 14 documented tourist traps, 6 scam patterns, 3 neighborhoods we stopped sleeping in.
Map preview · Portugal

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Pins we'd give a friend.

No copy-paste from Tripadvisor. We sorted through 497 candidates, kept 240. Each pin has a 2-line note: why, when to go, nearest alternative if closed.

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