at a glance

The Algarve at a glance

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August 3rd 2015
The Algarve, Portugal’s southernmost province, occupies about one-fifth of the country’s area and has about half a million permanent inhabitants. Roughly 120 miles (200 km) of coastline boast an almost continuous string of golden sandy beaches, many sheltered by sandstone formations of varying shapes and colours. Its northern boundary is marked by hills, the tallest of which reaches 3000 ft (9 ... 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