Portugal Cut and Sew Training Top

Advantages: Easy to get around and different quirky places to visit, everyone speaks English
Disadvantages: The City seems a bit 'faded glory'- places uncared for and tired

...what we would see on the way going across the Serra do Caldeirao and which regions we would pass through and then as it was early she said she would be quiet until nearer Lisbon. As we approached Lisbon she told us about the toll on the A22 and the various industries approaching Lisbon and the fact that we would go into Lisbon over the April 25th Bridge and see the huge statue of Christo Rei which is a bit like the Corcovado in Rio and overlooks the city of Lisbon from a great height. This bridge was the first to cross the Tejo and was originally called Saladar Bridge until the coup overthrew the Fascist dictator Saladar in 1974 and Portugal became a democratic Republic. The Portuguese are justifiably proud of this bridge and liken it to the Golden Gate bridge of San Francisco which is does resemble to be fair. We drove over the bridge... Read review

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Advantages: A Stretch of Coastline with Villas and Architecture from a Ggolden Era
Disadvantages: None

...Estoril and its coastline has always been a favourite getaway for me especially when I worked in Lisbon and still to this day is somewhere I love to visit even though the area has changed a great deal with time. When I first visited Portugal's Cost do Sol over 20 years ago the area had what I can only describe as a 'Miss Faversham look.' It was run down and jaded around the edges. Beautiful villas had been left to decay when their owners fled during the Revolution. I remember walking through private lanes looking at these beautiful ornate buildings with windows broken, overgrown gardens and gates falling off their hinges. Gypsies had taken refuge in many a property, children playing in the streets while scrawny cats jumped into turned over bins. Even though there was a sadness to the area part of the resort had enormous charm and made... Read review

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Advantages: Relaxing, hot, beautiful scenery
Disadvantages: very steep streets, mad drivers

...a great new bag and purse. When you reach the top there is a pretty church and thats also where you find the police station if you need it. I have enclosed some pictures for you to see for yourself, which I could have put on more as it is such a beautiful place. We didn't find it expensive at all, most meals averaged around £4 - £7 per person depended what you had. There were even street musicans playing panpipes, very relaxing. All in all it was a beautiful place, the locals there are very friendly and really helpful. Majority of the people spoke excellent english. During our time in portugal there was a fire, an oxygen cyclinder blew up the doctors car, whilst outside a house. We were just down the road in a small resturant, we saw the community pull together, the staff bought the people from the house inside and looked... Read review

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