Silves, Portugal

... ins a stunningly located town; tourist office closed but found a cheap pensao without too much hassle. - Silves was the Moorish capital of southern portugal for a few hundred years; the medieval cathedrals are built around minarets of moorish mosques ...

A travel blog entry by mhaebich
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... long dead inhabitants, monks and abbeys etc, instead of stones or rocks to make up the walls. a bit bizarre. Photo ofcourse. Silves twenty minutes train ride inland from Faro is quaint. It has the oldest remaining structure from the "Moors" around 5th ...

... ; Back to the motorway, we bypass busy Portimão and Albufeira and head inland to the medieval Moorish town of Silves.   We approach the town over an ancient Roman bridge and find parking easily beside the river. Most of the ...

Well I have a week in Manaus before my flight so I may as wlel go back into the Jungle. On for 6 days now so a deep penetration is going to be performed!