This photo journal features screened copies of old photos I took while in Portugal 1998 (plus many scanned postcards). This was part of my first big winter trip to Spain, Portugal & Morocco after I had retired the year before. I started with 3 weeks on the Costa del Sol in Spain (based in Fuengirola), then I joined a 1 week "Imperial Cities" bus tour of Morocco, then I took a bus from Fuengirola (Spain) to the Algarve in Portugal where I stayed for a month. There I was based on the Mediterranean coast in Albufeira &
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ALBUFEIRA - area posrcard
This is the coastal resort where I spent a month in winter 1998....
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Another area postcard
More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albufeira
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View from Fisherman's Beach.
(postcard0.
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Brisa Sol - my apartment hotel (4 star)
on a hillside on the bypass. My studio room was at the front above the...
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Hotel pool at the back
faced the Mediterranean way down below. They also had an indoor pool.
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Pretty cemetery on the west side of town
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Typical Algarve chimneys (Moorish)
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Typical Algarve village/town street
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Tavira - peaked roofs
that we visited on the "Best of the East Tour" that I took....
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Tavira - along the riverbank
Tavira is 30 kms east of Faro & 160 kms west of Seville Spain. The River...
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Sao (St) Lourenco church near Almancil.
that we visited on the "Loule Market Tour". More info here:...
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Lagos - waterfront marina
that we visited on the "Lagos/Sagres/Cabo St vincent west coast...
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Ponte de Piedad near Lagos
with cliffs that arches and grottoes.
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Cabo (cape) St Vincent near Sagres
(scanned postcard). The cape, which is about 6 kms from the village of...
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Typical rural house
That we saw on the "Unspoilt Algarve tour". Note the unique...
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Estoi - typical village street
Estoi is known for its rococo Palace, & the nearby Roman Ruins of Milreu....
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Traditional country cart
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Harvested cork
drying in the field. Portugal produces approximately 50% of cork...
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Cork from a cork oak tree
in cork museum in Sao Bras de Alportel.
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Jeep tour north to Alta area
Joseph, our driver/guide next to me, others were a fun-loving family from...
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Alte - popular white mountain town
in Loule municipality (postcard). Alte is known as one of the most...
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Loule carnival parade
The Loule carnival is one of the most ones in POrtugal. Because they...
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LISBON - City Hall.
More Lisbon info & photos here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbon
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Triumphal arch, gate to Rua Augusta
Rua Augusta is a famous street in downtown of Lisbon.
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Jeronimo monastery (city tour)
This monastery, located in Lisbon's Belém district, is...
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