Hugo Zina makes farming look cool! Born and raised on Portugal’s Silver Coast, Hugo is a farmer and owner of ‘Horta do pé descalço’ and he can be found every Saturday selling locally farmed fruit and vegetables at ‘Praça da Fruta’ in Caldas da Rainha. He chats with Dylan about why he enjoys living in the area, what he appreciates about the simple life here and why local fruit and vegetables are so delicious and healthy.  FOLLOW OUR GUEST Hugo on Instagram Hugo on Facebook ABOUT PORTUGAL THE SIMPLE LIFE PODCAST:    "Portugal - The simple life”, an insider's perspective to Portu ..read more

Kate Shifman  is born in Ukraine and raised in New York and after 10+ years in the corporate world, she moved to Portugal in 2016 to build products designed to help others live more fully. Kate is a passionate advocate of a location-independent lifestyle and personal growth through connection and wellness. She is currently building AOMA, a Co-Living + Co-Working space near the coastal village of Ericeira, designed to help guests reset their relationship with themselves, the spaces they inhabit, and the environment. She shares with Dylan why she loves Portugal and talks about how we can us ..read more

On this edition of 'My Home in Portugal’, Dylan is joined by Patrick Schaumans who is originally from Belgium. Patrick discovered and fell in love with Portugal. After deciding that he and his family wanted a holiday home in Portugal, Patrick explored the Silver Coast and never looked back. The Silver Coast feels like home and he chats to Dylan about why and how it's his favourite place to write novels.  Patrick Schaumans's books: Wraakzomer De Portugese Connectie More about Immo Portugal: https://www.immoportugal.com/ ABOUT PORTUGAL THE SIMPLE LIFE PODCAST: "Portugal - The simple li ..read more

Veerle ‘Vos’ Devos has fallen for Portugal, she has lived in Portugal for close to 20 years, originally from Belgium, a historian, tour guide, book author and the latest guest on the podcast. She chats to Dylan about her love for Portugal, the pace of life, food, history, culture and about her unique book ‘To Die for Portugal’.  FOLLOW OUR GUEST Vos on Instagram Vos on LinkedIn Vos’ book: "To Die for Portugal" ABOUT PORTUGAL THE SIMPLE LIFE PODCAST:    "Portugal - The simple life”, an insider's perspective to Portugal. We already know about Portugal’s fantastic weather, food a ..read more

Joao Almeida is one of the worlds top professional cyclists but Joao is just a normal guy from a typical Portuguese village here on The Silver Coast and our latest guest on the podcast. Joao chats to Dylan about the simple life, food, why he loves living on The Silver Coast and what he enjoys most about coming home after months on the road as a professional cyclist.  FOLLOW OUR GUEST Joao on Instagram ABOUT PORTUGAL THE SIMPLE LIFE PODCAST:    "Portugal - The simple life”, an insider's perspective to Portugal.   We already know about Portugal’s fantastic weather, food an ..read more

Joining us from her car, Helena Ferro de Gouveia is our latest guest and talks to Dylan about why she is enjoying life in Portugal, she is proud to share that one of her greatest joys is appreciating the simple life in Portugal. From food to the Portuguese people, to the differences between living in Portugal and Germany. After having lived in Germany for over 20 years to work as an international war correspondent journalist, and later moving to Development Politics which led to living in dozens of countries on four different continents, in 2017 Helena returned home to Portugal, where she now ..read more

On this edition of 'Portugal Property Talks', Dylan takes you inside the popular annual property show, A Place In The Sun Live, held in Manchester England. Dylan is joined by various guests who were at the recent show, his colleagues from Portugal Realty, Bruno and Charlotte, MD of A Place In The Sun, Andy Bridge, and independent property lawyer, Paula Meireles. ABOUT PORTUGAL THE SIMPLE LIFE PODCAST:"Portugal - The simple life”, an insider's perspective to Portugal. We already know about Portugal’s fantastic weather, food and people. In this podcast, we go deeper to meet the people who make t ..read more

Following Portugal’s recent general elections, Dylan is joined by Ines Bravo Figueiredo. Ines is born and raised in Portugal, is an entrepreneur and at the time of recording was the youngest female ever running for the office of Prime Minister in Portugal. Ines shares with Dylan her love for Portugal, what makes her proud of Portugal and why she believes in a bright future for Portugal.   FOLLOW OUR GUEST: Ines on Instagram  ABOUT PORTUGAL THE SIMPLE LIFE PODCAST:    "Portugal - The simple life”, an insider's perspective to Portugal.   We already know about Portugal ..read more

For Episode 1 of season 3! Dylan chats to Bento Amaral. Bento is a former Paralympic sailor and a Portuguese wine expert, wine lover and we couldn’t think of a better Ambassador for Portuguese wines. Enjoy this uplifting and happy conversation as Bento shares his love of Portugal and Portuguese wines, his story about representing Portugal at the Paralympics and the interesting work he is doing with Humanwinety.   FOLLOW OUR GUEST: Bento on Linkedin Bento on Instagram More about Humanwinety  ABOUT PORTUGAL THE SIMPLE LIFE PODCAST:    "Portugal - The simple life”, an ins ..read more

Celebrating more than 200 episode of Portugal the Simple Life Podcast, we take a look back at some of the amazing guests and conversations we had in Season 2. Featured episodes: 45. Portuguese people are special 55. Retired, rewired & Inspired in Portugal 37. Behind the 100 ft wave 40. Bringing dragons to Portugal 2. History of Portugal - Portugal's Stonehenge? 41. A bird's eye view of Portugal 82. Portugal is Disneyland for grown ups 98. Expats in Portugal 64. Portugal is my sanctuary 68. The best things in. Portugal are free 52. The rhythm of Portugal 4. Portugal on paper 35. Why Portug ..read more