Walking off lunch

A Quiet Week in The Algarve

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October 20th 2007
Bom Dia Bo & Dud, How we love Portugal - 4 hours travelling south from Evora and we’re at the seaside again. Before we set out on our Great Adventure, we bought a comprehensive map of Europe and asked family, friends and colleagues to write on post-it-notes places we should not miss, and stick them in the book. We didn’t fancy the ‘touristy’ bit of the Algarve and a note from my collea ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Algarve

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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