Main strip of Lisbon

Portugal

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June 30th 2011
Portugal our whirlwind stop off before Spain, actually turned out to be one of the more interesting (and scary) places we have visited. We arrived at the Charles de Gaulle airport just as the airline was finishing up the check-ins!!! So we hurried up to the counter and got checked in only to find that our bags were 6kg overweight! As we were quickly running out of time it was simply a matter of ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Lisboa » Almada

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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