Port cellar

Coffee, Port, Sun and Sardines - 5 days in Portugal

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May 26th 2011
The sun is high, the weather is warm and the streets are cobbled. We’re in Portugal! Avoiding the touristy restaurants, we happily take a seat at a local spot and order the nation’s favourite- sardines! We thoroughly enjoy perfecting our technique stripping the flesh off the bones and tucking in to the most delicious sardines we’ve ever tasted. All encounters we’ve had with the locals ... 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