005. LISBON STORY
October 15–19, 2026
Five days. One city. A photographic affair.
When Roberto said Lisbon, we didn't hesitate. Years ago, he returned with some of the most personal photographs he has ever made, all with a Hasselblad. Somehow, Lisbon asked for that camera.
That tension between melancholy and modernity, the light off the Tagus, the tiles that hold centuries of weather. Lisbon doesn't just let itself be photographed. It invites you in, and somehow, it holds you.
No roadtrip this time, Lisbon is enough. One city, explored slowly, from the inside. Small group. A standing bet: stay long enough, and the city reveals itself.
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This isn’t a tour of Lisbon. We won't be covering ground, ticking off viewpoints, or collecting tiles as proof. The game is different this time: we stay in one place long enough for it to stop performing for us, and then we photograph what’s actually there.
Lisbon produces a specific visual restlessness. The light off the Tagus hits everything sideways. The architecture can’t decide what century it wants to be. The people carry something you can feel before you can name it. It’s not atmosphere, it’s more subject matter.
What Lisbon gives us specifically: streets that change character every fifty meters, swinging between the monumental and the intimate without warning. Tiled walls that are archives of weather and time, not decoration. Faces shaped by a city that’s been simultaneously proud and peripheral for three hundred years. And the October light: Atlantic, oblique, warm and slightly resigned, unlike anything we photograph in the rest of Europe.
We named this trip after a film. In 1994, Wim Wenders came to Lisbon to make a movie about a sound engineer who falls in love with what the city sounds like. He never left on schedule. We understand that completely. We don't know what you'll discover here. We only know that five days is enough time to stop being a visitor. The questions start on day one. The photographs that answer them arrive, honestly, a few months later, when we sit down with the prints.
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// Five days. One city. A photographic affair from the first morning to the last.
// No movement, no departures, no changing hotels between Thursday and Monday. Just Lisbon, explored from the inside, the only itinerary that earns the image.
// Guided every day by Lucía & Roberto: photographers, educators, and the people who built RoadTrip, Etc. Not instructors. Not guides. People who will be photographing alongside you, every day.
// Small group. The group is small by design. The intimacy is the structure, not a side effect.
// Boutique accommodation in Lisbon, selected for its personality, light, and the feeling of being inside the city rather than simply visiting it.
// The signature bet: staying put. No roadtrip this time. The decision to stay in one place until it reveals itself is itself a photographic decision.
// Mentoring that meets you where you are. Getting to know the camera, reconnecting with your creativity or a photobook author, this trip adapts to your moment, not the other way around. Roberto and Lucia are educators before they’re hosts.
// Group photo reviews, woven into the evenings. Not a scheduled class. Called when the work asks for them. Honest, specific, designed to unlock what comes the next morning.
// The streets are our studio. We follow light, instinct, and the unexpected, a face at a window, a tile wall catching the October afternoon light, a market in its last hour before closing. If something moves us, we stop.
// A collective print journal, designed by DoublePage. We don’t believe in photographs left on hard drives. This one will be in your hands, printed, a few months after the trip ends.
// Designed by photographers, for photographers. Every element of this trip, the routes, the stays, the review sessions, the timing of the light, is a photographic decision.
// Five days of full photographic immersion. You leave Lisbon with a set of images, a set of questions, and the quiet certainty that this city does something to people who look at it carefully.
// ⚠️ Limited spots available. Once it’s full, it’s full. Are you in?
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EARLY BIRD first 3 spots
3800€FIRST RELEASE spots 4, 5 & 6 4000€
FULL PRICE until September 15th, 2026
4200€
*These prices are for a shared room. If you want a single room there will be a +900€ supplement .
You will have the option of splitting the payment. Please read our Terms & Conditions for more info.
open invitation
Lisbon. Five days, four nights, no departures in between.
While looking for our next destination, Roberto said “Lisbon,” and something immediately clicked—not the idea of the city, but the reason behind it. That tension between melancholy and modernity that never fully resolves. A city that carries three hundred years of everything and still insists on moving forward.
That friction is one of the most photographic things we know. It creates visual pull. It creates light.
The bet this time is different: we stay until we fall in love. A photographic affair—committed, present, and open to being changed by it. The kind that leaves a mark.
We’ll spend five days letting Lisbon introduce itself on its own terms. Its architecture. The light off the Tagus in October: Atlantic and oblique, warm and slightly resigned. The way its people move between home and work, between centuries and the present tense. The beauty that happens on the way to somewhere else.
We are photographers. How could we not want to spend five days in a city that makes it impossible to feel nothing?
Limited spots. Come with us.
— Lucia & Roberto
TRAVEL. MOVE. GET LOST.
IMPORTANT INFo
Everything you need to know before booking your spot.
DATES & ROUTE
October 15-19, 2026. 5 days, 4 nights.
Starting October 15th in Lisbon at 9:00am
Closing October 19th in Lisbon at 1:00pm
THE GROUP
A small, curated group. Max. 12 participants. Min. 8.
Hosts Lucia Marcano and Roberto Mata
Working languages Spanish and English
PRICE · PER PERSON, DOUBLE ROOM, SINGLE OCUPPANCY
€3,800 Early Bird price
€4,000 First Release price
€4,200 Full price
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Limited spots. Once it’s full, it’s full.
PAYMENT & BOOKING
Two options: full payment upfront, or two installments.
To secure your spot: pay the full price, or the first installment.
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LEVEL, LANGUAGE & GEAR
Experience level none required. Working photographers and first-time camera owners are both welcome to travel with us. What matters is curiosity.
The trip is conducted in both Spanish and English, moving naturally between the two according to the group.
What to bring a camera or cameras, batteries, chargers, memory cards and/or film. We’ll advise on specifics once you’re booked.
what’s included?
WHAT IS
4 nights in boutique accommodation in Lisbon.
All ground transport throughout the trip.
Daily breakfast. The most important meal of the day.
One online group session before the trip to help you get ready to roll.
Daily photography outings with Lucia & Roberto.
Continuous photographic mentoring, image reviews, and thoughtful critique woven naturally into the journey.
Tickets to museums, workshops, or specialist bookshops.
One online session to present a curated collective portfolio built from each photographer’s work.
Printed publication designed by DoublePage, delivered a few months after the trip.
Full trip curation: routes, stops, stays, and coordination.
WHAT IS NOT
Flights to and from Lisbon.
Meals apart from breakfast.
Personal camera gear, film, memory cards, and supplies.
Travel insurance (strongly recommended).
Personal expenses and incidentals.
LEVEL, LANGUAGE AND GEAR
No prior photographic experience required.
This trip adapts to your moment, whether it’s your first roll or your ten-thousandth.
Working languages: Spanish and English. Any camera format is welcome.
BEFORE YOU BOOK
Download the full itinerary PDF at the end of this page.
Read the Terms & Conditions in full.
Write to us at roadtrip-etc@luciamarcano.com with any question. This is a small trip, and we want you to feel ready.
What People Are Saying aBOUT us
“This trip was the therapy I didn’t know I needed this year. Beyond photography, it shifted something inside me. It slowed me down, made me more present, and reminded me why I travel and why I make images in the first place.”
— Rodolfo Romero
“Traveling with you always enriches me deeply. It’s never just about the destination, but about the way we look together, the conversations we have, and the space you create for reflection. I leave each trip changed, creatively and personally.”
— Nieves Peñas Herrero“My gratitude to the Roadtrip team for the care and planning behind every detail. The rhythm, the guidance, the atmosphere. You feel supported the entire time, but never constrained.”
— María Elena Velasco“Thank you for the dedication, the companionship, and the professionalism. You can feel when a journey is built with intention. Nothing felt random. Everything had meaning, and that makes a difference.”
— Omar Mattar“Even the parts of the trip that could have felt like logistics or structure never felt forced. Everything flowed naturally. There was a sense of coherence that made the whole experience feel thoughtful and genuine.”
— Alfredo SuelsMEET Our Team
We built this trip from two curiosities pointed at the same place. So the most honest way to introduce ourselves is to answer the question we kept asking each other while planning it: why do we want to go and stay in Lisbon?
LUCIA MARCANO
“Lucia, why Lisbon?”
When Roberto said “Lisbon,” I didn’t think about the sights. I thought about a pull I’ve never quite been able to name, the ache of something beautiful and unresolved. I’ve been to cities that are beautiful. Lisbon is something else: it makes you feel before it makes you see. That tension between melancholy and modernity, between what remains and what keeps arriving, I want to photograph from that tension. I want us to photograph inside it. And I want to see what each person in the group finds when they’re left alone with it.
Lucia’s Photo credit: Fotini Kaparelou. Sweden, Midsommar 2026.
Photographer. Educator. Founder of Roadtrip, Etc.
“Roberto, and you?”
Me? For me, Lisbon is my Hasselblad. It was the city where I discovered a different way of seeing, the square format forced me to think about every composition differently, but beyond the geometry, I ended up making some of the most personal photographs I can remember. It’s also the city Wim Wenders chose for the film he named after it, the one where Madredeus performed, and where I became an unlikely evangelist for their music. And it’s the city of Tabucchi’s Pereira, a novel I gave to my son on the day I knew he’d be leaving home. Lisbon has that capacity: it doesn’t just let itself be photographed. It holds you.
Roberto’s Photo credit: Lucia Marcano. France, La Frontera del Viento 2025.
Photographer. Educator. Proud partner of Roadtrip, Etc.ROBERTO MATA
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