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....Highland Simon's Town Gibraltar Uyuni Arizona Massachusetts Bird in Hand Venezuela Paros Grand Lake Vermont merida Er Rachidia Yichang Iguazu Falls Fes Heartland Armenia Volubilis South Carolina unawatuna Llandudno La Paz Paraguay North Dakota tijuana Galapagos Islands Mendoza Venice ABC Islands Idaho Tennessee maui South Shetland Islands yucatan Pucon Pristina Polynesia hohhot Custer New Zealand - South Island Montville Gettysburg Hora Cape Cod Treasure Beach Montana Tongariro El Jadida Samarkand Taupo Vienna Madison boston Roanoke Island Rockfish Gap Nuwera Eliya Mexico City kenai peninsula Kolkata / Calcutta South America Guangzhou Pompeii Charleston Emei Shan Brazil alleppey New Hampshire Switzerland Norway Petra Port-au-Prince Matauri Bay Bremen Bismarck Yekaterinburg Panama City Todra Gorge Ouarzazate Erlian Egypt Warsaw Toledo utila Hermanus Hue Australia Piura Bluegrass Japan Nasca hana Annapolis Tirana Dorasan Kotor Gansbaai Ocean City Western Cape Macclenny Budva Muscat vizhinjam Indian Subcontinent Santa Rosa de Copan Kota Kinabalu Wilmington Crow Agency Ticonderoga Jeju USA Imlil Finland Overberg Delft Belgium Mtskheta Tekapo Scotland Prescott sunshine coast George Town Greymouth ericeira Nacoochee Village Montreal Chandigarh anjuna Salina Ohio San Jose Istria Peninsula lamanai Uruguay chiang rai Twin Lakes suchitoto Tuymen Negril Sarajevo Colleville Sur Mer The Caribbean / West Indies Montenegro Medicine Bow Jungfrau Cooperstown seattle Barre Merzouga Midelt Jefferson Blugaria Australasia penang Costa Rica Sandy Hook Salta vladimir granada Erg Chebbi Isla de la Ometepe Intercourse Galapagos mafra Owensboro sydney Skye copan Tbilisi Santo Domingo Santa Roas de Copan Ciudad del Este ipoh Macedonia Donegal Alausi Como Bluffs Michigan Bloomington Bruges Marrakesh Whangarei Mississippi colombo Torrington Verona Grand Forks siberia Greenfield Hoi An Zakynthos leon Kingston Belize Kerry the big island Sabah managua Guatemala Burwell Christchurch Khiva new south wales Montgomery Dubrovnik Ait Benhaddou Dunedin Ullapool Peru Asheville Naples cancun Cortez Kathmandu Fenwick Island Kyllini Tallinn Palolem Zhangmu Drake Passage Cap-Haitien Gangnam Alaverdi Durango Sri Lanka busan El Salvador Cleveland Hong Kong Ionian Islands Lockerbie solola China Kayenta Oregon Jamaica Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Croatia Madaba key west Puerto Villamil Pennsylvania guadalajara Puerto Varas Jacmel Oman kollam Perito Moreno Rio de Janeiro Stirling Argentina kandy Puerto Natales North Africa Malaysia Gyeongju Trinidad Kodari san salvador Sao Paulo St. Louis Indianapolis New Mexico Rio Gallegos St Paul Novosibirisk Rissani Chongqing Greece Monte Carlo Hungary Upstate New York France Rhineland moscow Toronto Woodstock Fox Glacier Hiroshima Bloubergstrand Bern ataco wicklow Ashland Maynardville Macau Cape Town Rosario Myrtle Beach Baltic States Dandong Moulay Idriss Provincetown pushkar Bosnia and Herzegovina Mandeville Luxor Galax Hawaii Chicago Puerto Ayora Porto Montenegro Meridian New Orleans Spitsbergen dublin Port Waikato South Africa The Arctic Washington D.C. 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