Empty Beach

Cheap and Beautiful Part 2: At the Praia

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May 29th 2007
We woke up and proceeded with our plan to go to the beach. In order to get to the beach I was referred to go to, we had to walk down to the Wharf, Cais Du Sodre and take the ferry across the bay to Cacilhas and then take a bus to Costa Caparica and THEN a taxi to Praia Bella Vista. I'm not exactly sure if the beach was worth the many modes of transportation it took to get there, but it was very s ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon

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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 a... ... read more