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Beautiful Sintra

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February 3rd 2010
SINTRA Day 14 After eating some delicious scrambled eggs/toast/cereal for breakfast I asked Guy for some advice on where to visit in Sintra. As it is only a 40minute train ride from Lisboa I had a good part of the day to wander and enjoy the sights of Sintra. I got off the train and was blown away with how beautiful the city i ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Sintra

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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