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The trip to Portugal
Hello.
It so happened that my vacation and my girlfriend got to the month of November, and we decided to go to see any European country, and on their own. I wanted to go somewhere far away and the choice fell on Portugal. However, the flight was in Barcelona and three days we spent there, but I think this city is our people have a long and familiar, and we were there for the second time, in the photos of the leopard did not expose. The main emphasis is on an excellent and very beautiful country Portugal.
We were there in two towns: Porto and Lisbon, as well as in the suburbs of Lisbon, which is called Sintra is the former residence of the Portuguese kings.
So: first it was purchased tickets from Barcelona to Porto, in principle, to fly about an hour or 1.5 hours, do not remember exactly. Domestic European airlines, a very inexpensive happened -)
Porto is the second largest city in Portugal, so to say the northern capital, population less than 300 thousand people.
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Airport -Fransishku called Sa Carneiro, if I understood correctly and read.
The small airport, immediately on leaving the metro station of the same name, where you get 25 minutes to the city center.
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Indeed, the center itself. We were lucky, our hotel is just in this area.
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The city is very hilly and constantly have to, then down, then rise. So if you go to train, select the right -)
4 photo A lot of the buildings are decorated with tiles, this style in Portugal named -azulezhu! There are many buildings throughout Portugal, there is even a museum azulezhu
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all roads lead to the city's main promenade.
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Douro River, which divides the city into two parts
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on one side of the main city of the historic center, and the other manufacturers are mainly located port. Hallmark of the city and the area in general. Virtually all well-known brands of port are located on this side
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many restaurants fish dishes, with vino at the time -))
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Monument some Portuguese proletarian, and behind him is a kind of technical -)
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In general, I must say that the city of Porto is very quiet and after Barcelona, not to mention Moscow seems complete village, but that's the beauty of it.
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By the way, it is possible to tell the owners of the city. Gulls just to fig. The hotel even sleep in the morning was hard due to their quacking.
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One of the producers of Port wine. I took a tour and tasting. Each manufacturer has a museum, which is located right in the cellar, so that information and get a degree)
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Station. Time to go to the capital. In Lisbon. Go about 3 hours
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Incidentally, this is also the station building, also tiled very nicely
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While going, excellent views of the Atlantic Ocean from the windows of the train
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Lisbon
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The view from the hotel window. Lucky Hotel in the center was
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One of the main streets of Lisbon
Avenida de Comerca
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Surprised by the small number of tourists. Perhaps the time of year affected, November yet. But then it's even better, no fuss
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After Porto immediately catches the eye of people. Although much of Lisbon, I would not call.
the weather was great, the afternoon sun, and about 16-18 degrees, but in the evening it was already cool.
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A large number of trams
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On the second day after arrival, we went to the oldest part of the city, called the Alfama.
The fact that the area is interesting because it is actually the only one that survived in Lisbon after the terrible 1755 earthquake that virtually destroyed this beautiful city entirely, so that the entire modern history of Lisbon, is a building built after 1755. If it is interesting to see how he looked up, the part can be seen in the Alfama district.
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Many citrus -))
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Types of Lisbon
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If the port lies across the river Douro, the Lisbon is on the River Tagus called.
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Kote and peacock friendship forever
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a la Notre yes De Paris 0))
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Poor seen, but if you look closely, a red sticker that other, as the picture pig with a sign area spartaka.Ya then many more such labels in the center of the city meet. Then the current learned that a week before our arrival was a match Benfica (Lisbon) - Spartak Moscow in the Champions League.
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View of the castle of St. Jorge. In the evening
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And finally, a suburb of Lisbon town of Sintra. Railway station.
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Dogs
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Sintra is the summer residence of Portuguese kings. Well, next to the Kings selilas their entourage and all the Portuguese elite of those years (something like the ruble of the time) =))
This city is required to devote at least a day! a lot of palaces, gardens, monuments, etc. This is only a small part of the gallery.
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Here such here the exhibits! We immediately see that the goat, not a goat -))
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very beautiful building, called "inverted tower" -Originally looks like a pit or something, but you looked down and ...
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She-bottom view
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the main palace, "Pena»!
Actually, there are the king and queen, and lived during the holiday
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Inside was not allowed to shoot, alas.
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Ocean View!
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Well, the nature of general
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Well, I was a bit marred -))
Would recommend to visit the excellent, warm and very beautiful country Portugal !!!
Thank you !!!
p.s not much kick. The first such post -))
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