Câmara de Lobos

Island Tour

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October 16th 2022
Sunday October 16– Up early, because I just can’t help it. Made some eggs for breakfast and then headed down to the bus stop where I would meet the tour bus at 8:30. I showed up 10 minutes early and the bus driver was already there. The next pick-up was not until 9:00 and it was a 10-minute drive away, so we stopped at a café where the driver had a coffee. There were only 8 other people on ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Madeira » Porto Moniz

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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