Mafra National Palace, Mafra, Portugal
That moment when a site or attraction just sneaks up on you, stops you in your tracks, & makes you go wow. I had one of those moments today when I paid a visit to Mafra, Portugal, and first laid eyes on the town’s monumentally glorious palace. Wow indeed....
Gradil, Mafra, Portugal
Over the years I’ve been lucky enough to visit a few former Portuguese colonies around the world, notably Macau, China (twice) & Goa, India (three times now). So although I hadn’t been to Portugal before a few days ago I did feel like I knew what to expect....Annapurna Bishkek Kota Kinabalu Hyannis Quito Wadi Musa Hout Bay Minneapolis Colombia Nepal Chiloe Illinois Osh El Alamein Philadelphia goa Macedonia Hospet Rissani homer Madaba Austria Castro lisbon Peloponnese Lexington Tipperary Wellington Honolulu Tirana Ontario Milford Sound Barre Jenkins Emei Shan Ghorepani kuta sunshine coast The Caribbean / West Indies Maine kovalam Tyumen Panguitch Cannes Punta Arenas Durango Kerry kandy Cape Town Mississippi mafra Rotorua Mayo Nebraska Warwick Nasca Tangier Idaho Aqaba Samarkand Israel Guatemala Mexico City Bran Annapolis Gyantse USA Gyeongju Antarctica Polynesia Stirling oslo Mississippi Delta Myrtle Beach Kleinbaai Cienfuegos Uyuni Michigan vladimir St Cloud Luxor Naples Tuymen victoria Suez Taupo Helen Poland Cork Bar Harbor Montville Giza Kayenta Guanajuato The Arctic Jackson Hole Billings san salvador Iguazu Falls Mystras wicklow Wisconsin Iowa El Calafate Riga Pyongyang Tena Stellenbosch Zagreb Bolivia Algeciras Gansbaai Franschhoek alleppey Cannon Ball Shigatse Bremen Savannah Lake Ohrid Simon's Town Belize Hora Jacksonville Tashkent Mumbai/Bombay Blugaria Coeburn Bentonia Ping An Torres Del Paine Matauri Bay Svalbard Popayan Cairo Lori Jebel Toubkal amritsar Finland Indianapolis Aleppo Port of Spain stockholm Mtskheta ataco tulum Yazoo City Barentsburg Alliance Sint Maarten Malaga Puerto Ayora New Brunswick Cape Reinga Brasov Dorasan Cuenca Puerto Rio Tranquilo Perast Beaver Dam Memphis Galapagos Christchurch Saint Lucia Pristina Latvia Lima Invercargill Cooperstown The Catlins Australia Massachusetts Astana Guangzhou New Zealand The Balkans Chicago Paju Machu Picchu Kuwait Pucon Merzouga Cornelia Maracaibo Cholpon-Ata Germany Lago De Yojoa Angkor Montgomery Arlington Margate Naushki Como Bluffs Grand Lake Colorado Havana Meknes Normandy Littleton Albania Srebrenica Canyon Village Tegucigalpa Boracay Alpine Uzbekistan Uruguay Greymouth utah key west seoul Kotor Skye Sneedville Bodie Island Midelt Oman Fort Yates Sao Paulo kosovo Gettysburg Madison Prescott Auschwitz/Birkenau Ilha de Santa Catarina Colleville Sur Mer Manteo Mykonos Sabah Cape May Paris Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Easter Island vancouver Slovenia Charleston Charlottesville Bethlehem Durres Philippines Andalusia Prague Mandeville Gori Er Rachidia West Virginia tikal Appalachia New England Ecuador Moulay Idriss Aviemore Outer Banks Netherlands Antilles Essaouira Santa Rosa de Copan North Korea Transylvania Scotland Vicksburg Westport Roseau Datong Mount Cook Tokyo Kona galle North Dakota Lake Titicaca Medellin Cayman Islands anchorage agra Romania Delft dubai Parikia Guayaquil uxmal Tuscany Skopje China & Tibet yucatan Mendoza Damascus Italy Yerevan Berlin Nizhny Novgorod Essex Serbia tijuana Mestia Plovdiv Erlian Delaware Hiroshima Pula Brussels Dandong Atlanta Falmouth Muscat Rockfish Gap porto Paraguay Cusco Gangnam Milan Flanders Warsaw Willemstad Rosine San Juan Del Sur north car Antarctic Peninsula Roanoke Island karnataka South Dakota Estes Park Treasure Beach Saint Petersburg bali Laramie Monticello Burdine Volubilis Concepción de Ataco North America Mexico Veliko Tarnovo Highland John O'Groats tomsk Fenwick Island Sarajevo Jackson Argentina chiang mai Florida St. Louis Rapa Nui Bratislava Wilmington Elim Russia Dades Gorge Hong Kong Bangkok Tobolsk Santa Clara Dead Sea French Antilles Llandudno Nanning Grand Cayman Vermont Xian Hawaii maui Rhineland Abu Dhabi Trinidad & Tobago California Maynardville dublin Zakynthos Alabama Guilin Cleveland Missouri London Tingri Galway Peru Hartland Hungary Tinos Ocho Rios Toledo Indian Subcontinent lamanai New Mexico beijing Denmark Soufriere Rugby Isla de la Ometepe Twin Lakes Sligo Kill Devil Hills Adirondacks Pennsylvania Montenegro Huaraz Florianopolis Patagonia Torrington Walker Colonia del Sacramento ella Punta Cana Arabia Chandigarh Netherlands Hama Overberg Teec Nos Pos Hermanus orange walk Dominica Vietnam kenai peninsula Spalding hampi Kyllini Aspen Ancud Ciudad del Este Muine Almaty Panama City Foz do Iguacu west bengal hilo Chelsea Rosario East Asia Switzerland Northern Ireland North Carolina Alausi Palestine Leigh St. Lucia unawatuna Oia Cetinje Puerto Lopez Bogota mysore New Zealand - 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