You can stroll in cobbled streets in the company of backpackers and expats of the English-speaking kind, for there are so many of them here. Or, bar-hop on Rua da Senhora da Graça in the heart of town for shots and beer pong, and maybe even settle back at one of the bustling restaurants there for some piri-piri chicken and grilled sardines. At the Rising Cock, the premier party hostel in town, you can partake of those all-night toga parties, and by day you can hit the beaches, think Praia do Camilo, toting that surfboard, and paddle out to the sea-cliff arches and rock formations. And if you head out to the cliffs overhanging Ponta de Piedade at the very tip, you’ll have killer views clear across the Atlantic!