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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 EuropeKatie
June 27th 2007

back on the ball!

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Lagos

hey everybody. wouldliketoinformyou tht i am in themost gorgeous town ive everseen. andi knew it was going to be like this. i have dremedbout lagos forsolong, and nowimhere nd its more beutifulthen any picture anyone could have ever taken. i bought a digicam for 50 euro in lisbon because it was the cheapest i would see. beach tomorrow all day allllll day. after i talk tomy baby in theearly morning at this internt cafe im in right now. ALSO, I NEEDTO SAY... SARAH ELIZABETH MARTENS, TWENTY YEARS OLD WHERE HAS THETIMEGONE. i kno its in 3 days but i dont know [View Full Entry]

By Pippi and Rhino
June 26th 2007

sunshine and sunburn in portugal

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stumbled along this thing..literally after a good night out

sunshine and sunburn in portugal Europe » Portugal » Algarve By Pippi and Rhino June 26th 2007 Pippi Hendl Hey everyone After 5 beautiful days of rest and relaxation in portugal we have now made it to Valencia for the finals of the Americas cup. We arrived in Portugal after a near sleepness nite on an overnite train from Santiago [View Full Entry]

By Pam
June 16th 2007

Cliff Dwelling Cats, Cool Dogs, and Sunburned Travelers Hanging Out near the End of The World

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Albufeira

Chillin' in Albuferia
Is this the definition of cool or what?

Located in the middle of the southern coast of Portugal, in the area known as the Algarve, is the little beach town of Albuferia. While this town often gets a bad rap in the various travel guides, we find the old town to be delightful. With the official greeter, shown in the first photo, who couldn't be ready to relax and adopt his laid back attitude. Albuferia is especially nice if you plan a trip for any month other than July or August when it is totally over flowing with sun seeking tourists. The golden sandstone cliffs with tunnels leading [View Full Entry]

One of the cliff tunnels leading to the beach

By L J
June 15th 2007

Lagos

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Lagos
Eh oui, je me suis pitche en bas de ce rocher. Environ 12 metre ! Faut le faire a la maree haute par exemple sinon cest dangereux

Lagos Europe » Portugal » Lagos By L J June 15th 2007Deux jours a Lagos. Cest une ville au sud completement du Portugal, une place ou tout ce que tu as a faire cest de la plage ! [View Full Entry]

By KristiMartin
May 28th 2007

Days 122-125...Portugal

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Albufeira

The beach near our hotel

We arrived to a lovely day in Faro, southern Portugal - the sunshine was a welcome change to the smoggy london weather! We elected to take a public bus to our apartment in Albufiera (about 15miles from Faro airport), little did we know that we would spend the next 4+ hours (!) tiki-touring around the general area! It was quite an ordeal, considering we just wanted to get to our hotel complex and relax - On the up-side we did see a lot of the area around the Portugese section of the Algarve coast - whether we liked it or [View Full Entry]

Streets near the Old Quarter of Albufeira

By Asil
May 28th 2007

Beach goers haven

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Lagos

AHHHHHH!!!! LAGOS Lets just say...Laura and I love, love, love, lovvvvvveeeeeeee Lagos!!!!!!!!! We are about ready to drop anchor here for the rest of our trip. To give you an example of why I love Lagos so much.....Laura and I decided to go on a boat ride around some grottos. When we got back that guy the guy that booked our boat ride offered us his own homemade red wine, bread and cheese. And it may sound weird in writing about a stranger offering us wine and all but it was in a public area and I donÂºt think he [View Full Entry]

By jadela17
May 28th 2007

DonÂ´t be too jealous now! ; )

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Lagos
Me in front of Ponta de Piedade

So, iÂºm in lagos, portugal...sitting at a bar....pints only 2.50 euros....with free internet...canÂºt beat it!!!! The trek from dublin to lagos was a long one, but well worth it. We couldnÂºt find a hostel in dublin our last night (stupid us, we didnÂ´t plan ahead for a friday night in ireland), so we slept in the airport instead...flew to porto, portugal at 925am, and arrived somewhere around noon. We took the metro from the airport to the train station for only 1.85 euros...not bad. We then made a reservation for the train, 4 euros each leg of the trip (portugal [View Full Entry]

By L and J in Portugal
May 26th 2007

My jet setting parents pop in for a long weekend in Portugal

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Lagos

Jean, Lindsay, and Bill at Sagres Fort

Two weekends ago (man, we're behind on this blog!) my parents came to visit us in Portugal - my mom for the second time and my dad for the first. They had been on a hiking trip in Tuscany the previous week (they lead very rough lives) and were able to arrange their flights so they came through Lisbon on the way home. Jason and I rented a car in Coimbra and met my parents at the airport in Lisbon on Saturday. We drove south from the airport to the Algarve and stayed in Lagos again, this time at a [View Full Entry]

By indi
May 23rd 2007

MAD ABOUT MADDY!-The Madeleine McCann Mystery- A travellers Perspective

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MADELEINE MCCANN

As a traveler, having travelled myself through many countries with my children.. safely I might add... and looking at all the media attention re : Maddy... I am automatically sensing deeply within myself... that something is fishy with this whole affair... in fact I would go as far to say... ITS A HOAX!... No logical reasoning , just plain old fashioned ... intuition...!It just doesn't all add up...in short it is not a clear cut case at all... there are too many parallel coincidences and too much media attention.... its not all obvious as the tv and newspapers portay... there [View Full Entry]

BLESS THE LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME

a new dawn will come over the unenlightened

By L and J in Portugal
May 18th 2007

My family visits and we tour the Algarve, Coimbra, Lisbon, and more!

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On the beach in Salema

Two weeks ago, my parents, my brother, and my Grandpa and his wife Loretta came to visit. We covered a lot of ground in Portugal during their week here. Lindsay and I picked everyone up at the airport in a big “Transporter” 9-person Volkswagen Van, so we had plenty of room for the 7 of us plus luggage and lots of car snacks. We were happy everyone made it to Portugal on time despite all of the storms and short flight connections they had in the States. We took the 2.5 hour drive down to Lagos, in the Algarve, and [View Full Entry]

Not a bad way to start the day (man waiting for the next boat tour in Lagos.)

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