city streets

Lisbon, Portugal

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October 15th 2010
Day 4 Lisbon With our friends we had arranged a private 4 hour mini bus tour with Inside Lisbon Tours. Our tour guide Hugo picked us up from the quayside, as we only had a small van we were able to see the best of Lisbon and get to the places the bigger coaches could not reach. Hugo told us of the history of Portugal, and the significance of each site, painting not only a picture of Lisbon ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley

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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