The island beach

Along the Algarve

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May 16th 2007
We drove east along the Algarve and were not impressed with the area leading to Faro which is very heavily developed, so much so that we were unable to find the sea! Once past Faro, which is the administrative capital of the area, the coast becomes much quieter and flatter with marshes and sand islands a little way out to sea. At Pedras d’el Rei we were able to cross to one of the islands, Iih ... 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