Archive for 'Algarve'
Sagres - Algarve - Travel Portugal
Although Sagres is in the Algarve, it doesn’t have the same over-developed holiday town feel of some of those towns further east. Situated within a few Km of Europe’s most south western point, Cape St. Vincent, the town has a rather windswept, remote feel about it.
The town itself is pleasant enough in places, with an […]
Posted: March 2nd, 2008 under Algarve, Sagres.
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Portugal - A Brief History
The early history of Portugal, whose name derives from the Roman name Portus Cale, is shared with the rest of the Iberian peninsula. The region was settled by Pre-Celts and Celts, giving origin to peoples like the Lusitanians, visited by Phoenicians and Carthaginians, incorporated in the Roman Republic dominions (as Lusitania in 138 BC), settled […]
Posted: February 28th, 2008 under Alentejo, Algarve, Cultural, Lisbon, Monsanto, Porto.
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Carnival - Brief History
Where did the word “carnival” come from?
Hundred and hundreds of years ago, the followers of the Catholic religion in Italy started the tradition of holding a wild costume festival right before the first day of Lent. Because Catholics are not supposed to eat meat during Lent, they called their festival, carnevale - which means “to […]
Posted: February 28th, 2008 under Alentejo, Algarve, Cultural, Lisbon, Monsanto.
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The Algarve - Travel Portugal
Leave the beach behind and spend a completely different kind of day at some of the most stress-free places in the Algarve.
Take a break from your holiday routine and enjoy a stroll along the footpaths and trails of the Serra de Monchique. In the midst of some lush green vegetation, you will find the Parque […]
Posted: February 27th, 2008 under Algarve.
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