Portugal El Camino - 2016 3

Portugal El Camino - 2016

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September 2nd 2016
Day 5 - August 28, 2016 – Santarem, Portugal to Golega, Portugal – 25..01 Miles We left the hotel this morning before the sun was up and even before breakfast, so the night clerk had a sack breakfast (ham/cheese sandwich, apple and yogurt) ready for us to take to eat later on the trail. After leaving the hotel we walked back up the hill and headed towards the train station (Ribeira de ... read more

Europe » Portugal

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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