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Sintra - Day 1

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August 31st 2023
This morning it was time to get ourselves - and all our luggage - to Sintra … on the train! We re-packed our bags and left our ‘home’ of the last nine nights about 9.30am. It was easy enough to wheel our cases to our local station and then ride the escalator down to the level where we knew there was a lift down to the platforms. But, of course, the lift wasn’t working was it!! Plan B, lug ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Sintra

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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