Porto

The capital of port wine production

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Portugal 1 - a bit of port, sangria and a boat ride

September 13th 2013
Another day and another country – we travelled out of Spain over unrelenting yellow landscapes as far as the eye could see. We passed the blue and white EU sign and entered Portugal. Our third country of the trip. We commented that by now in a usual holiday we would be travelling through at least 6 or 7 countries throughout our 5 week tour. Not so this time. The scenery of Portugal changed ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto

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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