Outside tower in Belem

Exploring Lisbon & Sintra

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April 30th 2008
I am on holiday with Laura again! This time we are in Lisbon in Portugal. We have spent the time wandering about and seeing the sights. It is very hilly here compared to Cambridge which means Laura has been eating lots of custard tarts to keep her strength up! One day we went to Sintra, which is a town about 40 minutes away. It was very pretty and had a very nice castle on the hill. The castle ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon

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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