Porto-6

Porto

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February 15th 2008
Porto Weekend Travelled out early morning Friday 15th February with Ryanair after getting 1p flights (£20 return after tax). Was supposed to stay in the Grande Hotel de Paris, but upon arriving was told that there were "problems" (and going by the fire alarms lights looking like a Xmas tree in the background, that would seem to be an understatement) and that they were going to have to move us to ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto

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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