just off the beach 2 mins from our apartment

Albufeira...not known for their taxi service

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September 19th 2006
So, caught the train from Porto back through Lisbon and down to Albufeira, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. You can´t get much more south Portugal than this. We´re about 20 mins from Lagos (pronounced La-goosh), which is a really hopping tourist town, particularly for the youth. I think there is some decent surfing around these parts too. By the way, the Portuguese language is a w ... 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