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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. To be updated

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By RobertoandJim
July 1st 2009

cabo da roca Europe » Portugal » Sintra » Cabo da Roca

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got to airport 2hours early to pick philippa up. had a bit bother working out how much parking cost and walked on some train tracks a few times.ha ross got wrong off some miserable cow for sitting on the barrier, what a stare! decided to drive to cabo da roca tnight and through some fog and be scared. found the lighthouse in the end and we're all ready for bed now after figuring out what that noise was!!!! [View Full Entry]

By RobertoandJim
June 29th 2009

porto Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto

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we got to porto on the night and managed to make our way to la ribera. we got there and we got ready to go out but found that everywhere was closed for fuck sake! we got back and taylor started to cook. we made friends with 2 old women who insisted trying to talk to us in Portuguese thinking we would understand. as usual every1 relied on me to talk! they told us the police would end up causing a fuss with us parked where we were parked because the whole area was a public transport area for taxi's, busses [View Full Entry]

By Av1
June 27th 2009

Lisbon Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon

in castel sao jorge looking out over libon

Hello everyone! Iºm writing this entry as we´re checking out of our hostel in lisbon. we arrived here yesterday night on the overnight train from madrid and hit the ground running. we checked into our hostel and explored the area for the whole day. the best sight was from the top of the castle where you could see some pretty awesome views of the whole city. we had some pretty traditional português food for lunch and indian food for dinner. they all were really good! today we might go to the beach and then weºre headed back to madrid on the [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]

By Dav Anji
June 23rd 2009

Portugal Europe » Portugal

Overlooking the city
- Porto -

...end of May... Porto Dav and I managed to grab a lift down to Portugal with Ben and Lauren as they had hired a car and were picking Lauren’s parents up from the airport in Porto. Their plan was to check out some of Portugal with Lauren’s folks, and then head back up to Santiago at the end of the month in preparation for their wedding in early June. So, after saying goodbye to Ben and Lauren at the airport while they waited for the flight to land, Dav and I caught a bus into Porto. There we went to [View Full Entry]

By Joe N Hawley
June 14th 2009

From Spain to France, with a little Portugal in the middle Europe » Portugal

Seville - Catedral

Due to the keyboard in France being quite different then what I am used to, I will not be writing much! Here are our highlights from the last few weeks: Seville, Spain - biggest Catholic Church in the world, famous bullfighting ring, and a Flamenco dancer with the body of an NFL linebacker! Lagos, Portugal - Nice beaches and lots of partiers, pour hour (a meal and all you can drink within an hour) for less than 10 Euros! Day trip to Sagres for some surfing in cold water! Lisbon, Portugal - Skinny alleys that turned into night time drinking spots, [View Full Entry]

By Maestro the Vagabond
June 12th 2009

Even Black Olives Taste Good Here Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto

Douro River
The River of Life is certainly a peaceful sight to behold, especially high atop a bridge or other vantage point.

Porto Fortunately, my departure to Portugal was less eventful than that of mine to Mallorca. It was perhaps unfortunate, however, that my departure would have to begin at 02:45. Not realizing the hours of the first tube departures in the morning, and thinking only of the cheap airfare, I booked without consideration of the logistics at hand to actually get to the airport for a 6:30 flight to Porto. As it turns out, this may have been fortuitous, as had it been any later, I would have had to count on the tube, rather than having to figure out which bus [View Full Entry]

By Porto Bristol Associacao
June 10th 2009

"Jardim da Cidades Germinadas" Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto

Opening of the "Twin City" Gardens
Inauguração do Jardim das Cidades Geminadas no Palácio de Cristal

Inauguração do Jardim das Cidades Germinadas 4 Junho 2009 O Vice-Presidente da Câmara Municipal do Porto, o Dr. Álvaro Castello-Branco, e Peter Evens, Presidente da Associação Porto Bristol, assistiram à inauguração do Jardim comemorativo das Cidades Geminadas Porto e Bristol, na Avenida das Tílias no Palácio Cristal. Este é um projecto de valorização dos espaços verdes municipais com a particularidade de ter sido pensado como uma homenagem às nossas Cidades Geminadas. A Câmara Municipal do Porto decidiu assim expor num jardim público algumas das plantas mais simbólicas, [View Full Entry]

By Hawks1972
June 9th 2009

Portugal Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon

Its howdy doody time, Not really just another one of those rambles for myself about what i did so my brain doesnt forget down the track wel in fact it already has so this could be a very undertailed blog, just donthave the time. To be honest i am finding doing these a bit of a chore at the momment and feel like i am doing them for everyone else rather than myself. Oh i must do my blog its been a while etc insted of just enjoying where i am and whats around me. Okay we traveled to the very [View Full Entry]

By Porto Bristol Associacao
June 9th 2009

A Segunda Visita à Rota do Românico Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto

A visita à Rota do Românico
Um grupo de 31 pessoas com vontade de aprender mais sobre o românico desta zona tão próxima da cidade do Porto.

A visita à Rota do Românico foi de novo um sucesso como atesta o relato de uma participante e nossa associada. "No passado dia 9 de Maio participei na 2ª Rota do Românico do Vale do Sousa, desta vez iniciada com a visita ao Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Pombeiro. Éramos um grupo de 31 pessoas que, como eu, notei estarem muito entusiasmadas e com muita vontade de continuar a aprender mais sobre o românico desta zona tão próxima da cidade do Porto. A organização perfeita do Peter e da Anabela, o programa da visita cultural organizado pelo responsável das Rotas [View Full Entry]

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