Driving along the southern coast of Portugal (6)

Southern Portugal 24 August 2013

August 30th 2013
Southern Portugal 24 August 2013 After leaving Lisboa (Lisbon) and after an easy but long drive we found a camping park about 15 kms east of Portimao which was a few kms from the coast. It was called Camping Canelas. Wow, was this a surprise package. Perhaps because it was out ‘in the middle of nowhere’ and it was the summer holidays still, the camp site had a lot going on. As we were s ... 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

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