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Sevilla
Then we made for Sevilla. Here we contacted Jose, who we had met on the road from hell in Morocco.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7685/1...e5f2a5a3_c.jpgsevilla-tavia 25 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr He has a 1200 and wanted to give us a tour of the city. There is a massive festival here in April called the Feiria de Avril. Basically the city “lives” casa’s in the fair. They dress in costumes and party day and night for an entire week. Jose managed to talk the police into letting us into the restricted area with the bike so we could get a photo at the “gate of the fair”. https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5334/1...6b9ec46c_c.jpgsevilla-tavia 29 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7704/1...66621afc_c.jpgsevilla-tavia 26 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8777/1...a2bf1bb7_c.jpgIMG_0259 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
Tavira
Then we continued west. “Welcome to Portugal”.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7777/1...637be337_c.jpgsevilla-tavia 63 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr We booked the night in Tavira, which was once a small fishing village and is in summer a tourist Mecca. https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8755/1...3969d40e_c.jpgIMG_3897 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
Today we rode from Tavira to the southern most tip of Portugal and then back to the small village of Espargal for 284 KM.
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From Tavira we rode 170 KM along the coast, which here in Portugal is not a coast road as you see say on the west coast of the USA, but it slightly inland and very built up. We stopped in Albufeira, but it is really not that nice a town. The beach to the south is more scenic.
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Further south and west is Sagres, which is quite nice and the fresh grilled red snapper for lunch was delicious.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5346/1...c54ecbd1_c.jpgsagres 12 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr There is a large fort here at the point that in the past was to protect the city from raiders from North Africa. It is more of a wall that closes off the 60 m cliffs than a traditional fort. The huge sundial is read from the top of the ramparts. The locals are actually fishing from these cliffs. https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8713/1...03beaf4d_c.jpgsagres 10 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8881/1...c676fd85_c.jpgsagres 17 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8801/1...37ce41bb_c.jpgsagres 11 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8737/1...12d2090b_c.jpgsagres 14 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8867/1...c2913ff2_c.jpgsagres 18 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7767/1...72cb6514_c.jpgsagres 19 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7671/1...9d2cbec0_c.jpgsagres 24 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7784/1...db7b1558_c.jpgsagres 26 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8851/1...cb29a936_c.jpgsagres 29 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7680/1...02627a2d_c.jpgsagres 30 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7677/1...509dbd99_c.jpgsagres 35 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7748/1...c6de1b14_c.jpgsagres 36 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
Cabo San Vicente
Further west 8 km from here is Cabo San Vicente, which is the most south west point of Portugal and where it was thought “that land ended” before the discovery of the “new world”. The lighthouse is built in 1846 on the ruins of a 16 th century convent.
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Espargal
We had been invited to the home of Annette and Tony in the tiny village of Espargal. To get back the 150 Km we did take the highway to get back faster. They are the parents of Neil who we had met at the ferry to Victoria this past summer. Neil and Franziska had spent the summer crossing Canada and were headed south. They are currently in Ecuador. We had a lovely night out at a local place with a number of their friends. The villagers still uses the Roman well here.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7730/1...33c52dfd_c.jpgsagres 54 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8862/1...cf6052cb_c.jpgsagres 50 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7785/1...4a290ee5_c.jpgsagres 48 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8725/1...80d6d1cb_c.jpgsagres 56 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
Evora
Headed north we took the tiny, curvy small roads to end in Evora in 195 KM.
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This is a 2000-year-old town that is a warren of narrow cobble streets inside the ancient walls. There is a restored Roman ruin on the hilltop. We had a nice couple of nights camping.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7710/1...d5485030_c.jpgevora 22 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8803/1...7fb41d8c_c.jpgevora 19 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7767/1...cb98615b_c.jpgevora 9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7799/1...0f40d255_c.jpgevora 4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8871/1...bf355ac3_c.jpgevora 18 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8784/1...ea9442b7_c.jpgevora 14 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8735/1...275d5153_c.jpgevora 10 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
Lisboa
Instead of the short 132 KM trip from Evora to Lisbon we decided to again take the small roads for 227 KM and ended up in 146 KM at Troia, which is the tip of a peninsula.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7705/...c209e8bf_o.pngScreen Shot 2015-04-26 at 7.02.11 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8722/...00ac6144_o.pngScreen Shot 2015-04-26 at 7.02.22 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr From here you can get a ferry to Setubal, where we stopped for a break on the square. https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7786/1...f75b54d1_c.jpglisbon 3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7675/1...816baff3_c.jpglisbon 5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7692/1...616774b3_c.jpglisbon 14 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7794/1...d34c2d5e_c.jpglisbon 7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7695/1...06521d4d_c.jpglisbon 17 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8831/1...c8c1e195_c.jpglisbon 18 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8800/1...7ed7cf7b_c.jpglisbon 16 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
Continuing on you you go 50 KM along the coastline to get the 25 Th of April Bridge to the city.
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Like a lot of big cities Lisbon has the tourist hop on hop off buses. We had never done this before and spending the day doing this was a great way to get an overview of the city.
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We did HOP off and do some walking in the city center.
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Cabo de Roca
The next day we got up early to ride along the south coast and out to Cabo de Roca. This is the western most point of continental Europe.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8741/1...63d14384_c.jpglisbon 77 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7707/1...ec34cd25_c.jpglisbon 79 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7713/1...25c38e74_c.jpglisbon 84 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7719/1...5ea7e447_c.jpglisbon 85 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5340/1...a03f8799_c.jpgcabo do Roca-Castillo St Jorge 1 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr Riding back to the city we did a loop thru Sintra. This place clings to the hillside and is covered with beautiful buildings. This is the kind of place you need to spend the day walking around….next time! https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5340/1...ab57564b_c.jpgcabo do Roca-Castillo St Jorge 2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
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