Castle #2

Here is another castle at Sintra . . . this one built in the 11th century.


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Blog: Lisbon 2002
Date: February 15th 2002

The first big trip that I took when I was in Spain was an overnight bus ride to Lisbon, Portugal. We stayed there for 4 days. We had a good time in Lisbon as we went out to a few real good restaurants and bars. We walked around and saw many historical sites and also took a day trip to Sintra where there were 2 different castle complexes that we visited. ... read more







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