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DETAILED ITINERARY
Day 1 Depart U.S. Manueline architecture (named after King
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gain familiarity with our surroundings, we’ll
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Gem Pc_PY^TZY migrants in the area. Here, we’ll meet the
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Day 3 Explore Lisbon included lunch. This evening, our group will
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Day 4 Visit Sintra
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was the staging point for Portuguese Today, we’ll leave the city’s environs to visit
Sintra, a village situated within a fairytale
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landscape of lush forests, turreted palaces,
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European capital until the 19th century. and castle ruins. Our discoveries include Pena
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Sites dating from the early 16th century: we’ll head to a local restaurant for lunch.
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world, we’ll visit the monastery’s church,
a popular dried and salted cod dish, or caldo
whose lower choir is the resting place of Vasco
verde, a traditional Portuguese soup. To
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