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Our time in Portugal was marred by bad weather, and a couple of shady hotels that were suddenly full despite having reserved a room with a credit card.  We made the best of it, and particularly enjoyed our time visiting Sintra.

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Evora, Portugal (9 pictures)

Designated a World Heritage site by the United Nations, Evora is known as the "Museum City". Despite the billing,it ...

Faro, Portugal (6 pictures)

We stopped in Faro overnight. It's the capital city of the Algarve, Portugal's southern coast. This is the harbour.

Lisbon, Portugal (34 pictures)

We arrived in Lisbon to find that once again our reservation was not honoured. However, we scrambled and found another ...

Queluz, Portugal (13 pictures)

The Palacio Nacional de Queluz didn't look like much from the outside. And it wasn't certainly easy to find.

Sintra, Portugal (21 pictures)

Sintra was one of the most interesting places we visited in Portugal. It is home to three different castles.
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Lisbon: Mosterio Dos Jeronimos, Torre De Belem, Museu Nacional de Arte Antigua, The Castelo de Sao Jorge, Alfama district, Park of Nations, Hell’s Kitchen

March 22, 2001
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Praca De Restaudores, a central square downtown. And the only one not under major construction when we were there. The weather was terrible, and we didn’t enjoy ourselves much. Maybe we were just blase after we had seen so many beautiful things in Spain and France, but nothing a
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Evora: Museum, Roman Temple, Igreja de Sao Jao Evangelista, Temple of Bones

March 21, 2001
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Designated a World Heritage site by the United Nations, Evora is known as the "Museum City". Despite the billing,it didn't do much for us, and We moved on pretty quickly. Our next stop was Evora.…
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FARO

March 21, 2001
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We stopped in Faro overnight. It's the capital city of the Algarve, Portugal's southern coast. This is the harbour. Faro is mainly a jumping-off point for the Algarve coast. There isn’t much to see or do there, and we’re glad we didn’t stay that long.…
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Portugal: Getting There

March 20, 2001
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We spent 5 days in Portugal in April 2001. Our visit was part of a 3 week vacation in Spain and Morocco. We are very ‘focused’ travelers, arriving in each city with a list of places to see, and we’ll move along fast if something doesn’t grab us.…
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