Cape St Vincent

Western Algarve

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May 13th 2007
We finished the last few kilometres to the south west tip of Portugal on foot by walking along the path above the spectacular cliffs to Cape St Vincent with its lighthouse where we had lunch of hamburger and orange juice from a roadside stall. Then a drive along the coast to Lagos where we took a boat trip amongst the unusual cliff formations just west of there. We retraced our steps a shor ... 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