Ferry from Portugal to Spain

Last day in Portugal

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July 11th 2006
After recommendations from the ticket clerk we took the train from Porto to Albufeira, a small city not even om our map, but close to Faro in the south of Portugal. It was supposed to be the "party town" of Portugal - something we just had to see... We arrived there at about 22.30 or so, at the train station far out of the city centre. The plan was to catch a bus from there but as we soon disco ... 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