My trip to Portugal

TRAVEL DIARY

-Tuesday '02.08.88 Leaving Ribadeo (900 Pts camping). A Bertanzos stop to visit the church, the cellars are also open to the public and are ongoing promotions and initiatives. A La Coruna visit the port. Then we visit Santiago de Compostela, somewhat 'disappointing: only the beautiful main square of the Cathedral. It crosses the zone of Vigo, this area and 'tramendamente inhabited. A Tuy come from Portugal and Valenca do Minho Viana do Castelo, and we stop to sleep in a camping

- Wednesday '03.08.88
We moved from Viana (1200 camping Esc) to pavo de Varzim (Ofir), in a campsite near the sea supercontrollato. Let's go to the beach to Ofir but only shoot photos because the wind and 'cold and it is impossible to stay on the beach or swim. From the campsite you can reach the sea beyond the sand dune protection through cement pipes in height to a human being closed at night.

- Thursday '04.08.88
Leaving from Ofir. The roads are quite beautiful. Take the first motorway in Porto, then leave it for shopping, the shop is on the ground floor bar and the bread in bags on the floor. Then stop in for lunch and highway diesel. Resumed the journey, visit Batalha where Lladrò buy the statuettes and then visit Fatima. In the evening we arrive in Lisbon, at the municipal campsite, very well marked.

- Friday '05.08.88 leave the campsite on foot for a tour of Lisbon by bus.
Visit the Carriage Museum, the Tower of Balemi, discoprimiento of the Monument, the Cathedral, the Castle of Sao Jorge, the Placa de Commerce and other attractions of the city. The sun is really strong and the fountains are assaulted not only by tourists.

- Saturday 06.08.88
Departure from Lisbon, we pay the two nights camping in Lisbon. (2 708 Esc) and cross the Tagus on the spectacular bridge. The landscape is a succession of forests of eucalyptus and cork oaks.
We arrive in the Algarve and we stop to camp in Lagos to 15th The Algarve is characterized by crystal clear waters, long sandy beaches broken by picturesque rock, small countries that keep intact the most ancient traditions. Visit the Punta della Pieta ': a spectacular platform to the sea. Camping know Genoese boys practicing hunting underwater. In addition to beach life we share grilled fish.

- Sunday 07.08.88
Beach, sea and sun. Lagos is hidden behind high walls of the fortification. It 'one of the most fascinating in the Algarve. On the Piazza della Repubblica overlooks the Gothic building, once a market for African slaves. The most important churches of the XV and XVI century São Sebastião, Carma and Mercy.
The Museu Regional collects archaeological finds, objects of religious art and popular and a collection of birds of the coast impagliati.Oltre strong Bandera de Pau, the seventeenth century, there Ponta de Piedade, place and very scenic picturesque accessible through a staircase that winds up among the rocks.

- Monday '08.08.88
Continuing the beach life in Lagos where we collect some 'of fossils, all rocks are composed of clusters of marine fossils. Visit the coast, the rocks and sea caves. Dinner with octopus caught by Genoese boys. The climate is cold but the summer evenings without sweaters. We pay the 3 days of camp: 6892 Esc.

- Tuesday '09.08.88
Departure from Lagos. We follow the coastal road in the Algarve. To the Customs in Vila Real is a tail of 2 hours for mbarco ferry for Spain. It crosses the Guadiana River on barges: can only go up 15 - 20 cars and 2 or 3 campers at a time. Toll ferry 600 Esc. At 13 we are to Ayamonte in Spain. It seems to be returned to the civilized world with a leap of 50 years. Cambiamoo the escudos in pesetas approximately 10 000 pts, all used to go shopping. Spending at last in a supermarket before Huelva. We arrive at night in Seville, with great difficulty 'we found the town campsite, near the airport.
The story continues with the "Spain".

 

Lisbon

We leave the campsite on foot for a tour of Lisbon by bus.
Visit the Carriage Museum, the Tower of Balemi, discoprimiento of the Monument, the Cathedral, the Castle of Sao Jorge, the Placa de Commerce and other places of the city iteresse. The sun is really strong and the fountains are assaulted not only by tourists.

- The Cathedral, Sé Patriarchal, is the oldest church in Lisbon is in the Romanesque style and gives it the appearance of a fortress. In the church you can see the baptismal font of St. Anthony of Padua, the baroque crib Joaquim Machado do Castro, some sarcophagi and the Gothic cloister with two floors.

- Castel de Sao Jorge, the city lies on seven hills (Estrela, Santa Catarina, São Pedro de Alcantara, Sao Jorge, Graca, Senhora do Monte and Penha de Franca), and the valleys of the river Tagus in the lagoon. On top of each of these hills there is a lookout, or in the case of São Jorge, a castle which was built by the Moors as a refuge and later expanded and converted into a residence by King Christian. From here you can enjoy a splendid view over the city. From above we see linear geometry that characterizes the neighborhood of the Baixa, the core of urban undertaken after the earthquake of 1755 that destroyed the old quarters of Lisbon

- The steep streets to the west of Baixa Chiado lead to an elegant neighborhood where you can find elegant boutiques and decorative Art Nouveau style. From here you can reach the Barrio Alto, a neighborhood crowded with narrow streets and small alleys where we focus a good part of night life.

- The Praça do Comercio, a main entrance of the city for those who came from the sea, overlooking the river and was the starting point for the construction of the district of Baixa.

On the north side of Praça do Comercio open two more squares: Praça Dom Pedro IV, commonly called Rossio and Praça de Figueira. From these places start with the two main arteries of the city: Avenida da Liberdade, a beautiful tree-lined street, and Avenida Almirante Reis, the road from Praça da Figueira airport. These two avenues are bordered by beautiful buildings in Liberty style with sidewalks and paved with a mosaic.

- A special feature of the Lisbon azulejos, painted tiles, are used with imagination and originality, as in the famous Cervejaria da Trindade.