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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 Timmy P
September 14th 2005

This Is It - The End of the Tour - for now

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Lagos

Wooooooooo Mama

-Portugal Rules - Gutted this is the end of the tour but a great place to finish it. We made the most of our time here as we new that the tour was coming to an end. We definately partied the hardest here, made the most of our hire car (burnouts and drifts on Mcdonalds trays) and genally went hard whateva we were doing. The weather in Portugal was awesome, not quite as hot as Spain and the water was cooler too. The beaches are awesome and are usually surrounded by awesome rock faces. We stopped at a wicked surf [View Full Entry]

By sam and tim
August 25th 2005

portugalizzel

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Lagos

southern spain
tim, russ and sam

hey peeps, sadly all good things come to an end... here are the last of the pictures from spain and portugal thanks for a wicked trip timmy p, dan b, and raul the wanderer [View Full Entry]

By alaya
August 2nd 2005

morrocco here we come!!..

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Lagos

in faro heading for morocco!!... wait for it .... today i had grilled sardines!!!...yum yum yummy!!!!... still no fotos!!.. cant find cable.... ~love you all [View Full Entry]

By alaya
August 1st 2005

portugese is hard to speak!!!

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Lagos

well we are still having van troubles... but at least now agnes has been joined by the booob and on saturday they had a sad together... but everyone is soo willing to help!!... loads of friendy ppl!!--- language is different in portugal cause its soo hard to pronouce and everyone speaks english!...im trying to put photos on here but i keep forgetting my camera cable!!--- oh well-- we are heading across the south of portugal to seville for some flamenco then down to morocco but we are not taking the van with us. to morrocoo ..agnes is in need of some [View Full Entry]

By gogy80
July 29th 2005

Portugalska

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Lagos

Klifi in mi2

Pozdravljeni! Koncno sledi prvo porocanje po petih dneh potovanja. Tisti, ki se ne veste, sva z Natalijo sla na Portugalsko. Po napol prespani noci na Stanstedu (kjer so ene bliznje vzhodnjakinje zraven naju na klopci razkazovale svoje nakupe-vsaka cca 7 parov novih cevljev!!!)sva pristala v Portu. Ker je mesto ziv dolgcajt, sva si ga samo na hitro ogledala-lepe ulice, drugace pa nic. Ce se ne veste, zrezki po portugalsko plavajo v centimetru olivnega olja. Popoldan sva sla naprej v Coimbro, univerzitetno mesto, ki pa razen faxa in cerkev nima duse - najbrz tudi zato, ker ni studentov. Edin [View Full Entry]

By heidfaye
July 26th 2005

For the Love of Lagos

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Lagos

Castle Port in Lagos
This is one of the oldest seaports on the Iberia Peninsula!

I was desperate for bleach white walls, fresh sun dried clothes hanging from taunt lines, outside windows decorated with red flowers. Welcome to Lagos, in fact, welcome to all of Europe along the Mediterranean coast. Lagos, a historic port, 3 hours from Seville, Spain is a combination of quaint fishing lifestyle and a booming tourist trap. I found my way to Lagos , Portugal, for some much deserved solitude. It has been a two and a half months since leaving the country I know and exploring the “open minded Europe”, and I had to recoporate from the previous two weeks.... [View Full Entry]

By Mysha
July 11th 2005

Sardines in Portugal....

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Albufeira

Man & his herd

So me, Cutes, Vix, Dania, Renee & Heather went to Albufeira, Portugal where is was hot, beautiful and fun!!! I'd never been to Portugal before, but it nice to go to where Dania was from (well, she's from Lisbon)... and to eat nice fresh sardines everyday, and I mean everyday!!! Anyway we spent 25% of the time on the beach relaxing and soaking up the sun... We spent 40% at the clubs dancing the night away and having more fun... and the other 35% was spent going around town and doing safari's and sightseeing! The funniest thing on holiday was seeing [View Full Entry]

By 3000
June 27th 2005

The Algarve

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Lagos

Well i have made it to southern Portugal. Its a lot more touristy down here, i mean its the beach and a nice one as well although very small. However the water is crystal blue..its amazing. I spent a night in Lisboa, the capital and largest city, but i hate to say it, its trash in my opinion. I got offered to buy drugs 3 times, and to some of you i guess thats 2 times too many. But i just didnt feel very safe there....oh and the hostel smelled like steamed cauliflower. [View Full Entry]

By Courts
April 14th 2005

Lagosed

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Lagos

Well, originally I was only going to be here for 2 nights....really, I was. Then, I started hanging out at the beach, met a bunch of people, and next thing you know its 4 days later and I'm still here. I'm staying at this really great house that this woman from Lagos, Zelinda, owns. She's so friendly and helpful, it's great. There are a bunch of people from Canada here, and most of the Portuguese people speak English, so I've kinda been slacking with the real travel thing, but oh well. I've been eating lots of great Portuguese seafood dishes, and [View Full Entry]

By JeNeSuisPasLapin
October 19th 2004

Rainy Portugal

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Tavira

Lagos, as I discovered Sunday, is a dreadful tourist-trap. The restaurants are chocked with elderly Brits and Germans and the shops are filled with touristy kitsch. It´s the kind of place I was actually embaressed to be walking around in. The beaches were nice, but the weather was overcast the whole time. At night it was a different story. I went out well after midnight on Saturday and Sunday with different groups of Aussis and Kiwis and even a couple locals and had a wonderful time both nights. Yesterday I woke up to drizzling rain (the first in 6 months in [View Full Entry]

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