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....South Shetland Islands Hartland bundi Perast Mexico Milford Sound Hermanus Coyhaique seward Huaraz kosovo Thailand Ecuador Colleville Sur Mer Cuenca Estes Park Queenstown punjab Shenandoah Hout Bay Panjim Spalding Zagreb Antwerp Suez Banos Parikia flores Pristina unawatuna Heartland Nizhny Novgorod Maine Sofia Torrington Port of Spain Podgorica Saint Petersburg Quebec Urumqi Olympia Costa Rica Aqaba Fox Glacier Tennessee Hyannis Moulay Idriss Montgomery North Korea Pisa Tipperary chiang rai Dubrovnik Tekapo Lori Malaysia Como Bluffs Tegucigalpa Saint Martin Nepal Hama Puerto Varas Pyramiden irkutsk Kota Kinabalu Guilin Alaska Monticello Vietnam Rotorua Cote d'Azur / French Riviera Marbella Knoxville Teec Nos Pos Singapore Nice Luxor Toledo Latvia Mobile Bluegrass Cochrane Siem Reap Ait Benhaddou Bolivia Cape May Algeciras Essex Indonesia cameron highlands Tetouan South Dakota Puerto Natales New Mexico Beulah Bosnia and Herzegovina Ionian Islands United Kingdom Gyeongju suchitoto Haiti Woodstock Savannah Panama Nevada Puno Guiyang Bloomington Ping An Essaouira Ohio Sinuiju Nara Annapurna Sucre vancouver San Juan Mostar west bengal Jefferson Rio de Janeiro mysore Kobe Berlin Vienna La Paz Gettysburg Trujillo Elim Rhineland chetumal Northland Navajo Nation galle Beaver Dam Dahab Tallahassee Port-au-Prince San Martin de los Andes Yongin Galway Roseau Grand Forks Durres Marrakesh Los Angeles Honolulu Idaho Mesoamerica Mongolia Potosi Osh Jackson Hole Gyantse Bran coba Leadville Nuweiba Normandy Monte Carlo Burgundy Florianopolis Cherbourg Svalbard new south wales Er Rachidia Sarajevo Wanaka langkawi Wilmington san francisco Warsaw North Macedonia lamanai tulum Kayenta Turkey kollam Bird in Hand Denmark Jamaica Chongqing Glasgow The Arctic Jungfrau Reykjavik Muriwai Beach Andijon Pensacola Bangkok Kodari Dunedin Samarkand Montpelier Santiago Atitlan Bucharest Tyumen Salina Monaco Franconia kenai peninsula Imjingak Santa Rosa de Copan Alaverdi Washington D.C. 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