Palace of Pena

Sinta

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June 16th 2016
Today it is off to Sintra from Lisbon. We took the metro to the Entre Campos station, we then saw lots of people heading towards us, we figured they must have come from the rail and were heading to the metro. We headed in the direction they were coming from and there was the train station. We did not have to leave the building. We purchased our ticket from the agent, he just added money to our met ... 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