Arriving at Portmaio

Day 1 - Getting Used To The "Expedition"

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April 26th 2016
Portimao, Monday afternoon After lunch we docked in at the harbor of Portimao, still in Portugal. Portimao is a small city in the Algarve region. The predominant industry here is catering to the large number of tourists and second home (condo) owners. With pleasant weather year round, Portimao has become attractive for upper middle class people. It is certainly not Cannes or Monaco, but is seem ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Algarve

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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