Empty beachside apartment buildigs awaiting the summer trade

The Show Must Go On(Queen) - Heading south to Porto

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April 8th 2016
The sort of thing that all travellers fear struck in the wee small hours of the night! Gretchen awoke with flu symptoms! Just how bad it was going to be might take a day or two to develop and it is fortunate that we have a short run down to Porto and don’t have to check out from here until midday. Our short stay here of 2 nights has been excellent with a nice location at the seaside and good ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto

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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