https://sundayeveningreview.com/tags/shoulder-season/Recent content in Shoulder Season on Sunday Evening ReviewHugoen-usSat, 06 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0500https://sundayeveningreview.com/living/best-time-to-visit-portugal/Sat, 06 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0500https://sundayeveningreview.com/living/best-time-to-visit-portugal/<p>The September I&rsquo;m thinking about, I was on a rooftop terrace in Alfama with coffee and no particular plan. Lisbon was waking up the way it does when it doesn&rsquo;t have to perform: slowly, at its own pace, the Tagus below gone silver-grey in the early light, the tiles on the buildings opposite catching the morning sun in that particular warm-yellow way. There were four other people on the terrace. The owner mentioned, slightly apologetically, that in August the same terrace had a reservation list three weeks long.</p>