Spot a bacalhau dish
Find a bacalhau (salt cod) dish on a restaurant menu or counter (bacalhau à brás, bacalhau com natas, pastéis de bacalhau). Photograph the plate.
Spot a bacalhau dish in Porto
Find a bacalhau (salt cod) dish on a Porto menu or counter. Photograph the plate.
Spot a Bordallo Pinheiro swallow
Find the colourful ceramic swallows that Bordallo Pinheiro makes (in souvenir shops, on facades). Photograph a pair of them on a wall.
Spot a calçada portuguesa mosaic
Find a stretch of calçada portuguesa, the black-and-white limestone-and-basalt mosaic paving that covers Lisbon's squares and sidewalks. Photograph the pattern.
Spot a Casa da Música facade
Find the Casa da Música concert hall by Rem Koolhaas in Boavista, the white tilted block. Photograph the facade.
Spot a fado poster
Find a fado venue poster (Mesa de Frades, Tasca do Chico, Casa de Linhares) or a Portuguese guitar on display. Photograph the music heritage.
Spot a francesinha or bifana
Find a francesinha (Porto sandwich) or a bifana (pork sandwich) on a tasca counter. Photograph the meaty layers.
Spot a francesinha sandwich
Find a francesinha on a Porto restaurant menu or table: a stacked meat sandwich smothered in cheese and a beery tomato sauce. Photograph the cheese pull.
Spot a ginjinha shop
Find a ginjinha bar (the cherry-liqueur shots served in tiny glasses) in Baixa or near Rossio. A Ginjinha and the Eduardino are classic stops. Photograph the doorway or a tray of glasses.
Spot a glass of port wine
Find a glass of port wine (ruby red or tawny gold) at a bar or restaurant. Photograph the glass with the colour clear.
Spot a Lisbon funicular
Find one of Lisbon's yellow funiculars (Bica, Lavra, Glória) climbing one of the city's steep streets. Photograph it climbing or at the top.
Spot a Lisbon iron balcony
Find a cast-iron balcony on a tiled Lisbon facade (Bairro Alto and Chiado have the prettiest). Photograph the iron lace against the tile.
Spot a Lisbon laundry line
Look up in Alfama and find laundry strung between two windows or on a balcony rail. Photograph the line.
Spot a Lisbon Miradouro
Walk to one of Lisbon's many viewpoints (Miradouro da Senhora do Monte, Miradouro de Santa Luzia, Miradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara) and photograph the city laid out below.
Spot a Lisbon rooster (Galo de Barcelos)
Find a ceramic Galo de Barcelos (Portuguese rooster) in a souvenir shop, on a tile, on a fridge magnet. The polka-dot rooster is Portugal's symbol. Photograph it.
Spot a Lisbon street artist
Find a piece of Lisbon street art (Bordalo II animals, Vhils carved portraits, large-scale murals). Photograph the wall.
Spot a Lisbon trolleybus or autocarro
Find a Carris bus or a heritage trolleybus on its route. Photograph it climbing one of the city's hills.
Spot a Lisbon vintage shop
Find a vintage shop in Chiado, Bairro Alto or LX Factory with old radios, tile-stamps, port glasses in the window. Photograph the window curation.
Spot a Mosteiro de São Vicente azulejo panel
Find the large azulejo narrative panels at São Vicente de Fora (or any of Lisbon's azulejo museums). Photograph the storytelling tiles.
Spot a pastel de nata
Find a pastel de nata in a Porto bakery window or on a café plate (the Manteigaria branches on Galerias de Paris are famous). Photograph the tart.
Spot a port wine bottle
Find a bottle of port wine (ruby, tawny, white or rosé) in a Porto shop window or on a restaurant table. Photograph the bottle.
Spot a port wine cellar (caves)
Cross to Vila Nova de Gaia and find a port wine cellar (Sandeman, Cálem, Taylor's, Graham's). Photograph the rows of port barrels.
Spot a Porto azulejo wall
Find a building covered in blue-and-white azulejos in Porto (the Capela das Almas, the São Bento station, any random facade). Photograph the pattern.
Spot a Porto cobblestone calçada
Find a black-and-white calçada portuguesa mosaic pavement in Porto. Photograph the pattern.