Aljezur

Beautiful beaches, sunshine and surf

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October 14th 2010
From Lisbon we're drawn South, lured by talk of desolate golden sand beaches, uncrowded surf and warmer temperatures. The more well-known Algarve area is on Portugal's Mediterranean coast, but we're heading for the Atlantic southwest coast. We follow the sea route through the Alentejo, with its attractive tidy brightly painted villages, nice beaches and headlands. Its finally time for our firs ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Algarve

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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