Sand Gators on the river

Lisbon: Castles, Red Rooftops, and Culinary delight

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August 28th 2017
Finally arrived in Lisbon after an overnight flight from Toronto... Underground metro took us within meters of our Airbnb! After we got settled, we took a stroll down our street, Rua Augusta - a busy pedestrian street with mosaic cobblestones, lots of shops, restaurants and buskers - anchored by Arco de Rua Augusta and Praça do Comércio, which is right on the river. Baixa was constructed after t ... 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