Cam 120 km in sus de Lisabona, pe coasta, Nazaré e luat cu asalt de valuri de turisti doar in timpul zilei, si doar vara. In restul anului vei descoperi un sat alb albastru care nu si-a vandut inca sufletul. E un vechi sat de pescari, cu radacini adanci in istorie. Pe la anul 700, locuitorii sai se luptau amarnic cu piratii cand un duo legendar a intrat in scena: un calugar si un rege. Regele purta o sabie care vazuse multe batalii, iar calugarul purta o statuie a mantuirii. Roderic, ultimul rege vizigot, s-a stabilit aici impreuna cu calugarul sau si cu o statuie a Fecioarei Maria, adusa din…
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The treasure map to Portugal’s best beaches
This is your treasure map to Portugal’s best beaches: from North to South, a pocket collection for the happy few charting an Atlantic odyssey. Save your pins! THE FINDS COSTA DE PRATA – between Porto and Lisbon Infinite white beaches for surfers and lovers of the immense blue, and secret coves that are hard to find and even harder to leave. VICENTINA, the freedom enclave – south of Lisbon South of Lisbon, the coastline morphs to a vast, untamed expanse, a true frontier for those who seek raw nature and expansive solitude. From the privileged Costa Caparica to Europe’s last wild coast, Costa Vicentina, this is the happy few freedom…
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The Beauty And The Beast: NAZARE
Far enough up the coast from Lisbon, Nazaré is only transited by tourist packs during the day. If you avoid the classical summer rage, you find a blue and white village that has not sold its soul to the devil of leisure just yet. The legend It is an old fishing village, truly ancient. Around the year 700, its inhabitants fought pirates when a legendary duo entered the scene: a monk and a king. The king wielded a sword of bravery, and the monk bore a statue of redemption. Roderic, the last Visigoth king, settled here with his monk and a statue of the Virgin Mary, borne from distant Nazareth.…
