Elevador Gloria

Exploring Lisbon and Fado

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March 11th 2006
Yesterday's disappointments were soon forgotten because of a king size cornflakes dispenser, bacon, scrambled eggs and great coffee in the breakfast hall. The weather was good, cloudy but warm. We went down Avenida Liberdade (one of the mainstreets downtown), eager to see upper town Bairro Alto as well as Castelo São Jorge and the neighboring Alfama with its pittoresque, steep and narrow streets. ... read more

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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