Caravel

Estacionado (e bem estacionado) em Port Fairy, uma cidadela pequena junto à costa australiana, fomos encontrar uma recriação da caravela portuguesa do século XVI, a mais antiga reconstrução australiana. O senhor chama-se Greame Wylie e estava a ...

... ; Our  tour guide (my Dad) told us to wear comfortable shoes and make sure we were well hydrated.  Our hotel, Divanis Caravel, is only a mere block and a half from my parents apartment so we had an idea of where we were going.  First stop ...

... the five-story tower itself, which is located on the north side of the bastion. The whole ensemble looks like the bow of a caravel!! It is an interesting place to visit but I think it could be a lot more interesting if the staircase between each level ...

... this monument are at the end of the photo spread) and you will see the close up photo of Prince Henry holding a replica of the Caravel ships that they sailed while exploring new lands. One side of the monument was catching the sun as it set in the West ...

... to the Batholemew Dias museum complex, the most interesting thing within this museum complex is a re-creation of a ship (caravel) that the Portugese explorer, Batholemew Dias used to circumnavigate his way to Mossel Bay over 500 years ago. ...

... dined at (Dimitris & Grigoris). This time we were after Authentic Greek cuisine! The restaurant is located just behind the Divani Caravel Hotel and in short distance from the Hilton in a small side street. The name Dimitris and Grigoris is on a much ...

... to the seafront to take a look at the centre piece of the town which was a model of Magellan’s flagship the caravel ‘Victoria’. Whilst there we spotted several birds in the water that we couldn’t identify and realised they were ...

... of the death of Infante Dom Henrique and is to remind the persons involved in the expeditions.On the edifice in form of a caravel, Henry the Navigator leads the circle of the exquisite discoverers, by various other dudes. Also the Monastery of Jeronimos ...

... their dreams, their wild imaginings and their greed. After horrible months or even year in the vast ocean in their primitive caravel and the total lack of communication and modern medicine, arriving in South America with its heat and humidity, its verdant ...

... opened a school for future maritime navigators which is now a museum.  The monument depicts Henry the Navigator at the bow of a caravel (ship).  On the east side you see faces of well known navigators such as De Gama, Magellan, and Cabral (I ...