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Newest Review: ... large and varied collection of items which have been found in the immediate region. Setubal dates back to the Bronze Age and in one of the collections there is a fascinating collection of Bronze Age pots. It was interesting to take note of the display depicting the history of cork. It is a dying industry now in Portugal which saddens me but I am always interested to know as much as possible regarding cork trees and the manufacturing process of it as on our land in the Algarve we still have some very ancient cork trees which actually survived the great fire that swept the hills of Monchique about 10 years ago. A lot of our other trees like eu... more

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Sleepy Setubal (1347 words)
by - written on 09/04/09 (Very useful, 166 readings)
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*wrong pic at the top of the page* Setubal is a Portuguese town situated on the Setubal peninsula which is south of Lisbon and north of the Alentejo. Old women dressed in black, haggling over the price of fruit, weather-beaten fishermen chopping hundreds of fish at lightening speed, small restaurants serving local cod or sardine dishes at low prices - these are just some of the highlights of a visit to Setubal, a lively, bustling market town. Narrow streets lined with tempting shops twist through the town centre and at the quayside, hand painted fishing boats form a colourful backdrop to the fishermen mending their nets and selling their ... Read the complete review

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