Cobbled street, Marvao

Marvellous Marvao

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September 25th 2013
Geo: 39.4104, -7.34076Yesterday (Tuesday) morning we drove the five-minute journey, the same one that David had cycled the previous evening, to nearby Marvao, the spectacular hilltop town which we can see from the campsite. After parking up we entered the walled town on foot climbing up the cobbled streets lined with beautifully whitewashed houses. At the Castelo Cafe we stopped a while and ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Alentejo

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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