May 27 We spent the first two nights of a southern Portugal and southern Spain tour with repeat clients Art and Carol in the pretty hilltop town of Evora, Portugal. One of the places we visited there is the Chapel of Bones, built in the early 17th century by monks of the adjacent Monastery of […]
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A stone circle even older than Stonehenge near Evora, Portugal
May 27 We were amazed recently to be able to walk around a series of more than 100 stones, called ‘Menhirs,’ located about 12 kilometers west of Evora, Portugal in the middle of a large grove of cork oak trees. The stones were placed in concentric circles more than 7,000 years ago. This makes the […]
Welcome Seventh Time Travelers Art and Carol
May 23 Art and Carol from New Jersey have taken six trips with European Focus since 2006. On the 22nd of May they arrived in Lisbon for their seventh. This time around we will be exploring parts of central and southern Portugal, along with southern Spain including Seville, Cordoba, Toledo and Caceres. Art and Carol […]