Cleaning in salema

The winds of Portugal

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May 15th 2010
So we arrived back safely in Seville after Fes and jumped in the car to head for Salema, our next stop, in Portugal. Salema was... a disappointment to say the least. The accommodation we booked turned out to be a huge letdown. Not only was the woman we had to deal, Fatima, a nightmare- -we called her an hour before we were to arrive only to be told to call her in a half hour, at which time she ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Lagos

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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