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Porto: Wine, Art and a lot of hills

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October 6th 2018
Portugal first got on my radar when I had some clients of mine talk about recent trips they had there. They talked about the culture, the food, the relative safeness and how reasonable the cost was. Then I had some co workers take a trip there and thier pictures were inspiring. Needless to say I did a little digging on my own and put it on my travel list. The main areas that get traveled in Portug ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Azores » Vila do 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