Kathleen Becker is a German–Irish tour leader, travel writer and translator who is based in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon after many years in the UK. She has reported for German national radio, written for magazines and authored travel guidebooks to London and Lisbon (the latter about off-the-beaten-track sights), to the Camino de Santiago and Oporto, and (for Bradt) to São Tomé & Príncipe, as well as to the literary landscapes of Norfolk. Living in Lisbon’s hip, multicultural Mouraria quarter, Becker speaks half a dozen languages and enjoys being part of the travelling world's love affair with Portugal. Passionate about cultural history, nature and gastronomy, Becker leads group tours in São Tomé & Príncipe, across the Azores, in the still largely undiscovered Alentejo region of Portugal and along the Wild Atlantic Way in Ireland, as well as offering tailor-made guided walks around Lisbon.