Fig da Foz

Fig da Foz, Sal and Market.

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May 17th 2015
We drove to Figueira da Foz along the busy motorway. Parked by the beach and wandered around a street flea market - no purchases made. Then visited the Museum do Sal in the salinas. Didn't do the full tour as was very hot and no dogs allowed. Back to O Tamanco, the flowers around the site are lovely. A good swim in the salt water pool. We dined in the Cantina - cabbage soup, fish, olives, steak an ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Central » Leiria

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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