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Valencia
Valencia The road to Valencia was uneventful, just plenty of orange and olive trees. The most interesting aspect of Valencia was the river. Many years ago the river was diverted around the city following a big flood. The dry riverbed has now been turned into parkland ...
Elvas
The small castle town of Elvas was disappointing in that the castle was locked up tight to visitors so all we could do was walk around the castle wall. It did look to be in great shape, however. Located just 15km from Badajoz, Spain, this castle saw plenty of action. The last being in the 1800s when the Duke of Wellington used it as a base to attack Badajoz. It was originally built by he Moors on a former Roman ...
Portalegre
... again chances are it will have been taken by the car that was tailgating you. Damn tourists drive too slow!
We then set out on foot and immediately found a hotel. 40€ including breakfast and impeccably decorated with traditional hand painted furniture. Turns out it was LPG's pick of the lot but on the spendy end of the spectrum. We ate dinner at a small diner ...
Castelo de Vide
... parking place was a bit of a challenge. After wandering around and tiring of stares from the locals (they don't seem to get many tourists here) we decided to buy some bread, sodas, and sheep cheese and have a peasant lunch in the park.
Thumb pecked on my iPhone...please excuse the ...
Marvao
... great except for the big blop of canned tuna fish in the middle. Me and the kids had fried eggs over breadcrumbs fried in pork lard. While kind of gross sounding it was delightful. Jed thought it was gross. Our first castle stop was Marvao. The walled town of Marvao is in the eastern part of Alto Alentejo in Portugal. The town's castle was a Moorish fortification built in the ninth century. It is mostly restored. According to site literature, ...
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