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....Portland Hungary USA Tbilisi South Africa Montenegro Ancud Foz do Iguacu Canyon Village Paju Tangier Maine South Dakota Naushki Haiti Vík í Mýrdal Belize City Glasgow Deception Island Ashland Montego Bay Reykjavik coba Ipiales guadalajara Buford Minneapolis Dunedin Midelt Alliance Aysen Sweden Tinos Lexington Montpelier Srebrenica Tobolsk Honolulu Gettysburg Quito Kyrgyzstan Perm St Cloud Hatteras Island Chile Cusco Verona Stepantsminda/Kazbegi Outer Banks ella Yongin Australia Muscat Harbin Guanajuato Puerto Varas Netherlands Antilles Alexandria Nara Trieste Costa del Sol Antrim Poland ipoh Tokyo Spitsbergen Lakota Monaco Annapolis delhi Albania Colleville Sur Mer Georgia Sucre Ouarzazate Berlin Denmark Tetouan Paris Santorini Bloomington Yichang Maracaibo stockholm Willemstad Aspen Algeciras Ushuaia Connecticut Sarajevo Antarctica Crow Agency Provincetown San Jose Bulgaria Morocco Salta Coyhaique Sligo Grand Forks Medellin Fenwick Island New Mexico Arabia Jeju Hue moscow Ica Antwerp Portugal Mount Cook Porto Montenegro Ping An mafra Scandinavia Central Asia Patagonia penang Louisiana Cetinje Longyearbyen Queenstown Santa Marta Hanoi Hout Bay South Carolina Uruguay South America Lombardy Logan kandy Philippines Tingri Slovenia El Alamein Loja Saint Martin Virpazar Auschwitz/Birkenau Peloponnese Savannah ericeira kerala Lauterbrunnen North Macedonia Macclenny Zakynthos Osh Mississippi Palestine Essaouira Cairo Bangkok Deadwood Kyllini Pensacola Istanbul Cologne Bosnia and Herzegovina Ohio South Ossetia Bratislava Marigot John O'Groats Minnesota Pisa Treasure Beach New Orleans Nacoochee Village Pokhara chiang rai Wisconsin Quebec City Cooperstown Svalbard Kansas City Indianapolis kovalam Laganas Washington D.C. 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