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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

PORTUGAL: SANCTUARY OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA

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  July 1, 2022 Our final destination of the day was our third pilgrimage site of the trip (the first two being Santiago de Compostela and Bo...
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023

PORTUGAL: GUIMARAES PALACE AND CASTLE AND AN OCTOPUS LUNCH

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  July 1, 2022 Our next stop was Guimaraes, another UNESCO World Heritage Site. We spent several hours on the grounds of Guimaraes Castle, t...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2023

PORTUGAL: BRAGA

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July 1, 2022 Our Braga accommodations, the Hotel Vila Galé, was about a five-mile drive from the Bom Jesus Basilica. At first we couldn'...
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Friday, January 6, 2023

PORTUGAL: BOM JESUS DO MONTE BASILICA

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  June 30, 2022 We got on the road around noon for our two-hour drive back to Portugal and our next destination outside Braga, another pilgr...
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Sunday, January 1, 2023

SPAIN: SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA ACCOMMODATIONS, FOOD, AND CITY SITES

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  June 29-30, 2022 I. OUR HOTEL We typically book hotels with high-ish ratings but avoid the five-star hotels that are generally beyond our ...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2022

SPAIN: THE CATHEDRAL OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA AND THE CATHEDRAL MUSEUM

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  June 29-30, 2022 As noted in the previous post, the current Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela was built in Romanesque style in the 13th ...
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Friday, December 23, 2022

PORTUGAL TO SPAIN: SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA - THE CATHEDRAL PLAZA AND THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO

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  June 29-30, 2022 We left Porto around 9:00 AM and headed north to the Spanish border and Santiago de Compostela on the other side, a 2 1/4...
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