Sunset near Ponta da piedade, Lagos

Bagpacking Portugal

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August 12th 2019
This summer I bagpacked a few cities of Portugal with a friend. I always thought that it was a bit shameful that I have been living in Spain but I have never visited our neighbors. So during the summer holidays I decided that it was the time. I planned a backpacking trip from south Portugal to north Portugal. It all started in Sevilla. We flew to Sevilla in the early morning and spent all da ... read more

Europe » Portugal

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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