The ramp into the main castle

DAY 4 - LISBON DAY 3:

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May 11th 2014
Today is our day to see what we can of Lisbon. After another late wakeup (8am+), and an okay breakfast, we headed down the street to the Citysighseeing Hop-On-Hop-Off bus terminal on Praca do Pombal. This is also where the Yellow Bus and Gray Line bus tours start from, but there were both more expensive. Since the 18 Euros each ticket covers both their Red and Blue lines, we decided we'd try both, ... 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