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Under the Boardwalk

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July 11th 2022
From Spain we drive almost due west into northern Portugal. The Pargue Nacional da Peneda-Geres looks interesting and we find a atmospheric place to stay just outside the town of Arcos de Valdevez. The apartment is a real find – close to the town but perched on the hillside up a steep and narrow road. The house has vines growing in the garden and we sit outside in the garden for every meal. We ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Arcos de Valdevez

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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