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 CGD by ncfg
There are several Banks: BES, BCP, GGD and others.
On my pic you can see the huge building of Caixa Geral de Depositos (CGD) in Lisbon. Leave a Comment
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 by micas_pt
While visiting this District, don’t miss the capital city – Vila Real, although I think one day to explore this city is more than enough. It is, however, a good base to explore the region. Be sure not to miss:
. Casa de Mateus, a fabulous palace on the outskirts of the city, with beautiful gardens and tasty manufactured jams.
. Pinhão, a lovely village bathed by River Pinhão, where it meets River Douro. Pinhão’s train station is considered as the most beautiful train station in Portugal, and it has amazing panels made in azulejos depicting daily scenes from the vineyards and the grapes harvests.
. Sabrosa, a quiet little town with some impressive manor houses dating from the 15th and 18th centuries.
. Régua, a beautiful town bathed by River Douro. A central piece in the commerce of Porto sweet wine and Douro wines; the landscapes surrounding this town are just breathtaking!!
. a cruise on River Douro. Even in bad weather, it is magnificent!!
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 Colourful Houses on
Lisbon's Alfama Hillside by Bwana_Brown
This was repeated in many of the great places that we visited - climbing the mountains of Sintra to it's Moorish Castle, up and down the 686 double-staircase of the shrine in Lamego and also visiting the amazing old fort from the cliffs of Ilha da Berlenga. Of course I won't even mention the numerous mountaintop castles where you have to park your car outside the gates and hoof it from there! Altogether, it was great to do it on foot and see things up-close. However, it can be tiring - one reason why you will not see many Nightlife Tips on these pages! Leave a Comment
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 2500-km Trip Around
Portugal by Bwana_Brown
I received good advice to spend some time in Lisbon, there definitely was lots to see both there and in it's immediate surroundings. We barely scratched it's surface in four nights! In the end our trip and my 'Pages' went like this:
'Lisbon' 3 nights during which we took in the nearby 'Sintra' and 'Belem' sights!
After this it was off to the southern 'Algarve' for 2 more nights, 'Evora' 1 night, 'Monsaraz' and 'Marvao' toured on our way to Castelo Branco for 1 night.
Then it was onward to 'Monsanto' and 'Covilha' before another night in 'Guarda'.
That was followed by the drive to 'Lamego' where we spent 2 nights and also toured the northern 'Giraz do Minho' area and the Port wine producing Douro River region at 'Pinhao'.
We then began heading south again with a drive to the western Atlantic coast at 'Praia da Mira' just south of Aveiro for 1 night. This was followed by a stop in 'Obidos' before touring nearby 'Ilha da Berlenga' and spending the night at Peniche.
The final part of the trip was a dash back to Lisbon where we spent our final night after an afternoon tour of the mountains around Sintra in 'Distrito de Lisboa'. Leave a Comment
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 DK Eyewitness Travel
Guide by Bwana_Brown
The book even has various suggested tour routes with all the relevent details, such as the Serra de Sintra drive or even one near Evora to see ancient cromlechs! For Lisbon, it also provided us with detailed street maps of the different sections of the city as well as another entire chapter on the delights in the area immediately surrounding Lisbon. There are sections describing the time-line of Portugal's history, it's various rulers down through the ages, local food customs and a whole wealth of information!
It's useful restaurant phrases and a small Portugese/English phrase section all came in very handy! To get maximum enjoyment out of your trip, I strongly suggest that you get a guide book of any description to give you an understanding of the culture and attractions of the country that you are visiting! Leave a Comment
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 by ncfg
The Internet Spaces are places open usually until late and at weekends where you can access to internet without paying, it is total free.
Usually these places are in a local very visible and in the centre of the town; it is the city Hall that rules these spaces, so if you want to know if there is a Internet Space in the town you are visiting, go and ask on the City Hall or on the Tourist Office.
On this website you can see the towns where are located the Internet Spaces:
http://www.espacosinternet.pt/ Leave a Comment
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 A Huge Road Map by Bwana_Brown
This was a huge two-sided fold-out map, with the photo only showing the southern Portugal side. Inside our small car, we had to fold it every whichway to keep it down to a size that we could manage! We found that the map was great for pointing out the smaller country roads as well as some of the tourist highlights. One surprising thing was that there seems to be so much European Union-sponsored road building taking place in Portugal that we on a few occasions stumbled onto 4-lane highways that were not shown!
We also found it useful to mark our trail with a blue felt pen as we progressed - it made it a lot easier to quickly see exactly where we were when we had to consult the map! Leave a Comment
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