The walk to Belem

Portugal

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February 10th 2009
I went to Lisbon for four days, and it was such a great vacation. I traveled with six other friends from my school, and we all had a lot of fun together. One of the best parts was probably the hostel where we stayed. It was call "Easy Hostel" and multiple times it had been rated by HostelWorld as one of the top ten in the entire world. It was such a great place just to hang out and meet new pe ... 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