Platform 5, Lisbon.

Day 63 Lisbon to Porto

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June 20th 2018
We arrive in Porto, the 2ndlargest city in Portugal, knowing it is our final stop on our travels of the Iberian Peninsula. After ‘dumping’ our luggage in storage at our ‘before-check-in’ accommodation it does not take us long to make our way to the Douro River to feel the freshness of the breeze coming from it as it is a hot day again. We have lunch at a small café situated on its bank ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto

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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