Castle entrada from garden area

One of the most beautiful spots in the castle, the panoramic view you get from this point shows the area here as seen, and on its left there is a nice open area with grape vines and you get a pretty maestic view of the Tomar lower area and surrounding lush hills

Back in Lisbon, this place feels like home already

September 6th 2008
Tim version: * Back to Lisbon, chilled with Caitlin for ages, awesome girl. * Went to Tomar for the day and night and saw the Knights Templar castle + assorted other stuff. Fuller version: So back to Lisbon from Sagres and due to my slowness getting up n stuff I miss out on going to Tomar today. Not only that but Tomar has been wiped from the train website as a destination, wtf! Small nuclea ... read more

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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

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