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Title: portugal ?
Post by: downey on 01 April 2014, 09:58:58 pm

going to portugal for a long wknd friday  gonna rent a bike ..anyone experience renting a bike there ? any body got any tips of whats good to see over there ? prob gonna head down to gibralter no set route generally mooch about the gaff
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Title: Re: portugal ?
Post by: alan sherman on 01 April 2014, 11:04:22 pm
I spent a weekend in Sintra a few years back.  It was nice.  For a weekend why would you go all the way to Gibralter?  Stop and enjoy Portugal.  The food was really good where we went.
Title: Re: portugal ?
Post by: lew600fazer on 01 April 2014, 11:41:08 pm
I agree why would you want to go to Gibraltar, it is a shithole of a place , one can only soak up so much history. Stay in Portugal lovely country and lovely people, not just a bunch of winching Brits that you will meet on the ROCK, 2 hours and you have seen the lot.
Title: Re: portugal ?
Post by: alan sherman on 02 April 2014, 11:11:02 am
I liked Gibralter!  But then I was fresh off the boat from Morrocco after two weeks touring around there.  Now that is a shithole!  An interesting shithole though :)
Title: Re: portugal ?
Post by: esetest on 02 April 2014, 07:33:39 pm
Never rented a bike there , but worked in Lisbon and Cascais in the late 90's , and have been on holiday there since then . My favourite City and the MotoGP racetrack at Estoril is next to Cascais .
Great nightlife , great food , and very friendly people , plenty of history ,lots of shops,  underground is easy to use . and as a previous poster has said Sintra is  worth checking out and not too far from Lisbon .
Title: Re: portugal ?
Post by: AMW on 03 April 2014, 10:11:27 pm
Portugal is great  I have spend a fair bit of time in Lisbon just back from my last visit.

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