Visiting Lisbon with kids can be both fun and exhausting. The capital city of Portugal is beautiful and lively. History ...

Archaeologists have discovered an underground tunnel beneath Rua Augusta in Lisbon, buried during the 1755 earthquake. This is the first discovery made possible by modern technology. An international ...

The historic fort of Meia Praia is “completely rundown” and its owner – the Portuguese State – does not seem to care about ...

Flights to Lisbon from Manchester with TAP Air Portugal during February half term start at a very reasonable £134pp return.

I am going the wrong way up a short but wide stretch of road out of Praia da Luz when a rusting jalopy swerves straight towards me, forcing me ...

Barbosa said they expect the first students from Portugal to arrive before the upcoming academic ... established in response to the social disarray following the devastating 1755 earthquake. Its ...

The Baixa Pombalina district is Lisbon’s popular downtown area, named after the Marquis of Pombal, who led the country at the time of the 1755 earthquake in Lisbon and the subsequent recovery and ...

This section of town survived a devastating earthquake in 1755, meaning that it is one of the best places to catch a glimpse of pre-18th century Lisbon architecture. Bairro Alto is probably best ...

THE LISBON EARTHQUAKE OF 1755 The French philosopher Voltaire wrote a famous poem ... Historians have estimated that 40,000 ...