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Background: Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil as a colony. A 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy; for most of the next six decades, repressive governments ran the country. In 1974, a left-wing military coup installed broad democratic reforms. The following year, Portugal granted independence to all of its African colonies. Portugal is a founding member of NATO and entered the EC (now the EU) in 1986.

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By Brenners
October 12th 2009

I am officially lost in Lagos... Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Lagos

My journey has taken an unexpected detour in Lagos. I've been here now for...let me see, what day is it? (At which time I google "calendar" and look up the date lol)...12 days! At first it was great...lying on a beach all day long, having tonnes of fun and meeting lots of new friends. I was having a blast! But 12 days later I'm starting to realize that just maybe these activities aren't exactly the best for me. Well, not really the activities so much as the place...It's a hard one to explain unless you've actually been here. The vibe pulls [View Full Entry]

By Korora 4 on Tour
October 7th 2009

Sunboy is heading for Home!!!! Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Lagos

SUNBOY IS HEADING HOME Well after getting the boat tied up and sorted Willem and I headed off to one of the local bars that has wi fi to check emails. The very exciting news we received is that Sunboy is now an official starter in the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers 2009, along with 225 other cruising and racing yachts. Wahoooo. Our elation was soon quashed when the technicians told us that Hanse had sent the wrong windows and just as I was about to ring up the factory for a few quiet words, Debs rushed up to tell me that [View Full Entry]

By Brenners
October 3rd 2009

Lisbon and Lagos (aka I'm on a Beach!) Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Lagos

I arrived in Lagos on Thursday and it's incredible here! It's a small town in the Algarve (the southern part of Portugal) of about 20,000, and it's basically just a beach town with lots of bars and restaurants and tiny winding streets (like all of Portugal!). The beaches are incredible, though. They have these enormous cliffs and make you feel like a tiny little ant when you're up next to them! The last couple of days have been a welcome retreat from the business of traveling, especially after all the walking in Lisbon. I've just been lying on the beach all [View Full Entry]

By Korora 4 on Tour
October 1st 2009

Lisbon to Lagos and LATE BREAKING NEWS Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Lagos

6 months on the boat!!
Celebration cake courtesy of Small Nest

Lisbon (Oeiras) - Sines - Sagres - Lagos - LATE BREAKING NEWS We tied up in Oeiras Marina, smack bang next to a boat called Solitude, a very large and beautiful looking Hanse 54. Small Nest was a couple of boats away and, as usual, saw a few other boats we had shared marinas with since we struck Portugal, a few of them being British and Northern European Yachts heading south to make the Canary Islands for the start of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers which leaves from Las Palmas on the island of Grand Canarias for the 2800 mile crossing [View Full Entry]

By pinto
September 8th 2009

Aljezur 2009 Europe » Portugal » Algarve

Wicked Isolation

Summer 2009! An excellent holiday back at home! We got this fantastic place down in Aljezur for 6 of us, where we were able to fit 11 easy ;) It was just sun, beach, bbq, beer and rock n roll! For now and as I'm dead lazy you get the r'n'r! Blasting some tunes in Aljezur! rock on!!! [View Full Entry]

By cappper
August 16th 2009

Portugal Beach Tour (Day 102) Europe » Portugal » Algarve

Praia Samouqueira

Thur Aug 13th Left Lisbon and made my way to the airport to pick up my rental car for the next 10 days. After a few hours of waiting in line and waiting some more I was able to get my kick ass Mitsubishi Colt. So here we go to start my trip down the coast of Portugal and eventually into Spain. I don’t know how people drove around here without SatNav. I would be utterly lost and I have pretty good damn direction sense. Anyhow, I digress. I left Lisbon and crossed a beautiful bridge that spanned the Rio Tejo [View Full Entry]

The girls I tried to rescure from being trapped in the sand

By kevdogg
July 21st 2009

Lagos and Seville Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Lagos

Good old Lagos....what a crazy and wonderful place! I arrived in Lagos after an intense over night 13 hour train ride from San Sebastian. I was on a bench on the train with 6 other men for 13 hours! Luckily I was able to crawl under the bench and lay on the floor beneath them for the majority of the trip and was even able to grab a few hours of sleep! After a train transfer in Lisbon and another in Tunes I finally made it to Lagos...thank god! Lagos is such a cool town. Narrow streets packed with little shops [View Full Entry]

By Pam
July 4th 2009

The Golden Sands of Albufeira Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Albufeira

Fiesa Sand Sculpture Festival

Oh, the sun, the golden cliffs, and the golden sand of Albufeira - what a contrast to Ireland. We REALLY enjoyed the sun and the warm weather, but not the cold Atlantic waters. Albufeira is a quaint seaside village where the lifeguards wear bright yellow T-shirts that say, "Matador Salvador" (Lifeguard), where people spend the entire day lazing at the beach, and then party until the wee hours of the morning. Since I've written about Albufeira in the past, I'll concentrate on the very unique sand sculpture festival that we visited on my birthday. These were definitely the largest and mo [View Full Entry]

By RobertoandJim
July 3rd 2009

faro, quarteira Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Quarteira

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today we drove to faro with the intention of going out on rua da oura. we stopped to talk to some police and they said that street was in fuckin lisbon! wtf! they warned us to leave faro as we would get mugged. they said tonight is friday night and tomoro is saturday night and they have to kick ass every weekend.ha he told us to go to vilamoura where we would find irish bars. we decided to do that but ended up on some beach called quarteira. we stayed there and got up and went straight on the beach....danilo and [View Full Entry]

By Natedog
June 26th 2009

Lagos and the magical Power Hour.. Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Lagos

old town in Lagos

Lagos…whew!....What a wacky crazy week! I must admit I wasn’t planning to go to Portugal but when every second person you meet is saying.. go to Lagos!... go to Lagos… its hard to ignore. So long story short ‘I went’ and it was loads of fun. Since being there I reckon I’ve told another 20 people to go and about half already have. Basically Lagos is the poor’s man’s Ibiza. It’s a massive party town down in the Algarve in the south of Portugal located right on a beautiful beach. Unfortunately however, the tourist population is a [View Full Entry]

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