If I am replacing, I would definitely go here!

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Source: the Author. Cabo da Raso at the sunset

I love this contest as with Mary, @healthymary , we are thinking about where to go living if we ever decide to move from Modena, Italy where we are bow based.

The answer so far has been oriented towards Portugal.
We have been there to visit around and we were based in Lisbon.

At first, Portugal is less touristic than Spain, it has an amazing nature and life is quite cheap. Besides, they have some favourable taxation for Digital Nomads (like me) meaning that from an infrastructure perspective, Portugal is really interesting.

And what about the locations?

Well, some of them are simply amazing.

Since @galenkp asked for a place I will be more specific. If I have to choose, I would go living slightly outside Lisbon. Lisbon is a very accessible city with train and metro, meaning that to be close to the services of the city I would not need to live by the centre.

I would go close to Lisbon, because there I would be close to the bottom part of the Spain where people (and food) are much different so when I would feel going for a tour, in a few hours I would be to Sevilla and Spain.

What about the amazing places at North-Lisbon?

Source: the Author. Pena Palace

With such a view from the Castle

Source: Author. View from Pena Palace

And some strange people :D (yes, she is Mary)

Source: Author. Walls of the Pena Palace with Mary doing the lookout

There, another place that I consider to be magic, which is the “Westest” place in Europe, which is Cabo da Roca

Source: Author. Cabo da Roca and the lighthouse

I call it magical because during the year, a nitid distinction of color can be seen in the water, differentiating two different currents. Besides, the sound of the waves far far away and a perfect silence (where not too much tourists around) it’s a nice metaphor of the power of nature.

Then, another great attraction is the Christ (Cristo Rei)

With an astonishing view of Lisbon upon it, like you can see in the following picture, where you can

Source: Author. Cristo Rei, in Lisbon

see the historical bridge of Lisbon (Ponte 25 de Abril)
connecting the city to the “rest of the world”, offering a passage onto the Tejo River.

Source: the 25th April Bridge and Lisbon from the height of the Cristo Rei

And what about inside Lisbon?

The old train that allows people to move in the deepest historical city centre

Source: Author. The old train within Lisbon.

And here following me and Mary into the castle of Santa Clause Maria de Feira.

Source: Author. Me and Mary from the Santa Clause Maria de Feira Castle.

And what about the food?

Oh my Gosh. Bacalau (codfish) is so great and cheap that I ate it almost at every meal we had. It’s a typical local dish as they fish it directly into the Ocean and therefore it’s much abundant.

Fried, baked, stewed, under vinegar, baked with milk, with potatoes and all the forms of side-dishes.
The following were baked sardines with stewed onion and vinegar apart.

Fried Codfish

And spiced anchovies

And the most relevant, well, the traditional dessert. The Pastel de Nata, with cinnamon topping.

Pastel de Nata is a warm dessert made of shortcrust pastry, filled with cooked cream and cinnamon topping (on demand, since not everybody likes cinnamon).

So, besides, the great memories I have in Portugal (as I have lived there for three weeks for a charity experience I made in 2014), the following with Mary I would be definitely happy of going to Portugal to live within.

Clear air due to the close Ocean, amazing food, amazing nature (the area around Sintra is astonishing), friendly people, cheap lifestyle, a good healthcare system AND a strong internet connection…well, Portugal and especially the area northern-Lisbon towards the Ocean would definitely be MY shot!