One of The Many Contrasts That Is Lisbon

Lovely Lisbon

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June 4th 2013
Our route from Satao to Lisbon took us through Nazare, a beach resort on Portugal’s West coast. We organised a stop for a few nights at Vale de Paraiso campsite and spent some time exploring the surrounding area. Nazare has a beautiful beach and the long beachfront road houses cafes, restaurants, ‘gift’ shops (mostly selling tat but a couple of the shops have some nice tiles, pottery and wo ... 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