Extreme southern point of Europe. Stories about Trips Cava

23.09.2019

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Cape Roca is the most western point of Continental Europe - is in the jurisdiction of Portugal. The nearest town is Lisbon - 40 km away. Cape Roca changed his name several times, the second known name is Cape Lisbon. The Portuguese Poet Louis Kamensex described this place like this: "This is the place where the earth ends and the sea begins."

Cape Roca - perfect placeto admire the amazingly beautiful sunset when the sun sits right in Atlantic Ocean, Coloring the water surface into unthinkable tones and shades.

Cape Roca is extremely popular tourist place. Travelers of the whole world, visiting Portugal, do not bypass him with their attention. The greatest influx of tourists is celebrated at the end of summer, the smallest number of camera shutters and enthusiastically sighing visits is observed in the midst of winter - the cape of all winds in the cold season becomes a test not for gravily and painful.

How to get

From Lisbon every 20 minutes walk to Sintra - there is worth making a small stop and stroll around the city. Then it is necessary to return to the railway station and take the bus number 403 to Cape Rock.

Weather

At Cape Roca is always windy. Do not risk life for memorable photos. The fences are pretty cock, and the wind of such power that it can easily blow a person with a sharp impulse into the abyss. It should be borne in mind that the wind speed and its direction are constantly changing, a tender breeze can turn into a squally wind in one second.

Attractions and infrastructure

The main attraction on the Cape, in addition to the awesome species, of course, is a picturesque lighthouse. He is the most impressive spectacle of himself in complete darkness, but for no hope - nothing more can be seen and you can only imagine the power of the ocean, raging for parapet, by how it is noise - deaf and grumbling.

Installed on the cape of stele, crowned with a cross, is equipped with a sign that resembles that this is the most Western point of Europe.

Of tourist infrastructure At Cape you can find a cafe, a souvenir shop, also nearby is a hotel. The latter in high season is popular among tourists who came here, in order to admire the amazingly beautiful sunset, when the sun sits right in the Atlantic Ocean, coloring the water surface into unthinkable tones and shades.

Also not far from the cape stony beachTo which a steep descent with winding paths is leading. In rainy weather, such a walk is fraught with trouble.

Visit free, from October 1 to April 30 - from 09.00 to 18:30, from May 1 to September 30 - from 09.00 to 19:30. Weekends - Christmas and New Year.

Chronicle of extreme cycling.

History and geography.

Three extreme points of Europe - Northern, Cape Northskap in Norway, Western - Cape Roca in Portugal and South in the Spanish city of Tarif are popular tourist sites.

Cape Nordsp is the northernmost tip of continental Europe - one of the most famous sights of Norway. Once it was the place of ritual sacrifices. Now it is a mandatory place of pilgrimage of tourists who go to the new tourist centeropened in 1988 ... (http://www.rostravel.ru). ... Visit Nordkapp is no less than see Paris. Paris saw very many. But Nordkapp ... ... we counted 40 (!) Tourist buses, and there are all kinds of cars and do not count. Where did they all come from, incomprehensible. The road is one, very narrow ...

West Point of Europe - Cape Roca in Portugal

Southern Point of Europe in the Spanish Tariff City

But the road to the fourth, the eastern tip of the continent, for some reason there is no. In fact, it is. It in the tundra is called "Tractor", but about it later.

Tractor road

Yes, and the eastern tip of Europe itself, until September 2003, was marked only in reference books, somewhere between 67 degrees of northern latitude and 66 degrees of Eastern longitude at the Polar Urals in 130 km northeast Shutch. Therefore, in 2003, a group of enthusiasts from the city of Brest - Georgy Gribov, Mikhail Vessenovich and Alexander Filonovich - who previously visited all three extreme points of Europe, decided to find and establish the real fourth, oriental point on the terrain. An employee of the Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences joined the expedition, the scientific secretary of the Moscow Center Russian Center geographical society Sergey Bulanov and the correspondent of the Russian newspaper Vladimir Barshev. By proving to the estimated border of the continent on the all-terrain vehicle, they checked the coordinates of the intended point with the locality, checked the coordinates on the satellite navigator and found out that the border on the map does not undergo a real watershed, but with a displacement of kilometers for five. Finding the easiest point of the watershed, the expedition installed a memorable stele from a stainless steel in the form of a globe and two arrows pointing to Europe and Asia.

The easternmost European dot - "Sveta"

"Sveta".

Sveta is the easternmost European point. This name came up with Sergei Gerashchenko - the head of the second expedition on the clarification of the eastern point of Europe. To get to it we had to bikes. Why on bicycles? The backbone of the expedition was the cyclers of the Malachite sports club Kurchatovsky Institute - Dmitry Jack, Denis Zhurko, Oleg Saborsov. Some of them, including Sergey Gerashchenko, drove on bicycles through all the "indulgent" extreme points of Europe. Only one - "wild" remained. Thus, the second purpose of the journey was to establish a peculiar led record. When Sergey offered me to go with them, I immediately agreed.

In addition to the listed participants, the expedition was attended by graduate students of the Moscow Conservatory Gaittle Maria and Timchenko Varvara, a student of Gavrikov Dmitry, the Observer of the Russian Newspaper Barshev Vladimir and I am the photographer and a video operator Nikolai Kasatkin.

IN sports travel I am not new. At the age of 17, he became an instructor of tourism, he had three ski hikes by the highest category of complexity. Up to 43 years old was actively engaged in ski racing and sports orienteering, participated in cycling. I am friends with a bicycle since childhood, and in the bike never happened, although I dreamed about it. And the dream is realized. I start cooking gear. Expropriating son Mountain bike, donated by him two years ago. The beveled frame subsequently facilitated my life, when the strength ended to throw the leg through the frame of an infinite number of times. In Sokolniki, a huge selection of trunk. I choose the most reliable. A few hours of searching on the Internet and I stop my choice on Velorukzak "Mirage 80". Looking ahead, I will say that from 9 velorusaks of different types of ei, it turned out to be the most convenient. And most importantly, he was the only one did not burst, when immersed in water. I get a compact telescopic spinning and a new coil, instead of the old, broken, and I am ready. All the rest of the equipment remained from the same life. Weigh a backpack - 15 kg. Now the punch backpack. In it, only video and photo equipment. Portable professional Sony camcorder, Mirror digital camera Nikon D200, replaceable lenses, flash, batteries, memory, accessories - only 9 kg. Total loaded bike - 30 kg., Plus 9 kg. on the back.

Brakes and wings quickly clogged mud

With such a cargo to go through asphalt and a flat road. Worse than asphalt to the mountain. You can on a good smooth dirt road. Even worse, ride along the dirt road to the mountain. It is very bad - on the risks of clay from the rain. But in the swamp and steep clay climbs, it is impossible to go. The Polar Tundra met us the risky and softening from two-week continuous rains.

By mound from the former railway Vorkuta - Halmer-Yu

Sun, blue sky and line from the song "On Tundra, by Rail ...", met us the first day of travel. Ten kilometers on asphalt to the very remote Vorkuta district, the former village of Northern and then 40 km on mound from the former Railway of Vorkuta - Halmer-Yu. After the closure of the mine in 1993, the village of Halmer-y ceased to exist, railway It was disassembled, and the mound turned into a comfortable road for local fishermen, hunters and lovers of "quiet hunting". All bulk roads around Vorkuta are smelted from coal mines. Breed burning in dumps, turns into a magnificent necklace. If the road did not break down the cars and all-terrain vehicles, creating huge puddles, then the road cover would be like on old gaming stadiums. Vorkuta visits a large number of tourists, mainly Vodnov and Pedestrians. Many foreigners come. At the station we met a group of cycling teams from Czechoslovakia, heading towards Labytnangi. In the same place at the station, we were expected by a happy ticket in the person of an employee of Vorkutagology and a passionate fan of cycling Evgenia Nemtsov, a happy coincidence was also the fact that Vorkutagology was our starting base. Arriving in Vorkutagology, we began to clarify the route, polishing drivers of all-terrain vehicles and geologists. All the questions ended with the same - the rotation of the thumb at the temple. The answer was one - "Guys, it is possible only on all-terrain vehicles." From this point on, the barometer of our enthusiasm went down.

We live in a wonderful country and our wonderful people surround us. Everyone tried to help us. Katya's watchman haired like a milf. Helped boil the tea, dry clothes as in the morning lilty rain and we all wet. By evening, Zhenya Nemtsov came and offered us a "excursion" on the roads that we had to overcome. Zhenya Nemtsov - young, healthy, trained, asked us a good pace, so pokatushki poured into a thirty kilometer race with a complete set of obstacles, and even at dusk. Tired we went to bed at 2 o'clock in the morning, and early in the morning in the saddle.

During the night, the road dies a little, so it was possible to go places

Day second, on the hills.

When you look at the tundra, it seems that the wavy green carpet is raised around. Over this carpet is very low, lead-gray clouds hang on the head. This is an optical effect of open space. The spectacle is unusual. We have in the middle cloud strip float high. And the light waviness of the green carpet is also very deceptive. If you go through the tundra direct, then this nice green carpet turns into continuous alternation of swamps, lakes, streams, river and hills. The road diligently tries to overtake all these obstacles, but often unsuccessfully. After passing the route, I mentally divided the entire path into several stages: speed, hill, swamp, mountain. Speed \u200b\u200b- this is what can be overcome without getting off bicycles. After the fusion across the river, the Bolshaya Syrgyach river ended and the tractor road went. Why tractor? Because besides all-terrain vehicles and special tractors with wide caterpillars, it cannot be accessed. vehicle, including a bike. The exceptions are narts the familiar deer, the traces of which we constantly saw in the mountainous part. I still surprise me how these small animals drag huge loaded narts on the ground, stones, in a cool mountain, shorter everywhere.

How these small animals drag huge loaded narts on the ground and stones

In the evening it was raining, but during the night and the morning the road would have dreamed a little, so it was possible to ride in places even on gentle rises. Sometimes he glanced the sun, which instilled hope for good weather. The road took place on a series of hills with a height of up to 280 meters, then smoothly climbing the tops, then going down in the hollow and small swamps, crossing the stream of streams and small rivers. We were on bicycles, they bought them to rises, rolled through the swamps and dirt with a very decent average speed of 5 - 6 km / h. As a gift, it was possible to fly a few kilometers from the top of the next hill on the rabid velocity. In the afternoon the road began to deteriorate sharply. We entered the wetland. By evening, the road saw two little tents. On the steering wheel of one of our ladies stood an electronic musical bell. Passing past the shy tents, she pressed the call button. The melody was surprising for these places, and the faces appeared from the tents on which the extreme stage of amazement was written. Two tourists "Pedestrian" went to meet us on our route. The guys were shocked. Two weeks of anyone and suddenly nine people on bicycles in the swamp. A professional and friendly conversation began, from which I remembered one phrase: "Guys, farther to that mountain will not be a road, but a complete ass. You will not just be bikes. " I can only add that such a road was not only to that mountain.

We sat down on bicycles, then Boyko rolled them to lifts

I did not suspect and was shocked, what kind of stones can overcome all-terrain vehicles? The tractor road turned cool into the wetlands crossed it and straight into the forehead, almost sheltered, went up to the height of the three-story house. Despite the fact that in the evening of the forces almost no left, down and through the swamp we were somehow, but at the top ... each bike was out of the threesome bike. On this day, for the night we stopped at 12.00 in Moscow (at 2.00 night local time)

After the fusion across the river Bolshaya Syrgyach, the bulk road ended

All swamps, bolts, swamps ...

We divided into the "Support" group and the "assault" group. Four rested, caught fish and slowly returned to Vorkuta, and five walked farther. Confidence that we will come and all the more on time, there was no one who. But the manager had an adamant determination to reach at any cost.

Roodle of the influx of a small mustache

Leaving a group of "Supports", the loud of the influx of a small mustache was switched and entered into a very wetrated part of the route. There is no such decent word to describe the road.

There is no such decent word to describe the road

Peatlards were added to all elections. We dried in liquid albeit, they were prey through high grass in the ankle, and then knee-deep in the water, then climbed on the next hill, they were knitted in the MSh, pulling the wheels from the chain palary and birches. Fifteen kilometers were passed in seven hours.

For the suspension, we send bikes in two

By the evening, after passing the one of the next influx of a small mustache and having passed another ten kilometers along the hills, we went out to the brody through a small mustache. Current is very fast. For the suspension, we send bikes in two, one may not hold. Mountains begin for the crossing.

Mountains begin with the crossing

Height 418.

Mountains gave us stone placer and a large number of rivers, river and river. Several very steep and protracted rates took the last power. Appeared abrasions, scuffs and blisters on their feet. Began to swollen legs and faces. We did not have time to recover. At dusk, collecting the last forces, approached the watershed. The head was only one thing - the tent and in a warm sleeping bag. Endless walking in cold water took all warmth from the body. "Shaking" so that the spoon could not be in a bowl. We got out calm and seemingly slow healthy Denis. In any conditions, he did not trust the kitchen anyone. Walking patiently when the water will jump on the slow gas burner when it was possible, collected dry branches of a dwarf willow to fire, cooked soup and porridge, cared for mushrooms growing here in abundance.

In the evening, we did not understand what they had achieved goal.

In the morning the sun looked out. GPS showed that before the cherished point, the coordinates of which were introduced in Moscow, only 333 meters remained, and issued a direction to the height, under which we spent the night. In the evening we did not understand what they had achieved goal. The mood barometer went up.

Taking a wheel from a bike ... We climbed to height

Taking a wheel from a bike, as the proof of our accessory to the cycling, we climbed to the height, designated on the map as 418 meters. At the height, the remains of the stela established by the first expedition three years ago were two years ago - two racks stamped into stone. Globe and stainless steel arrows with inscriptions Europe - Asia disappeared. The memorable sign was put on the western edge of the mountain so that he was all seen. This is him and destroyed. Sparkling in the sun, he attracted the attention of local reindeer herders. Checking the coordinates "on the satellite", made sure that the discrepancy with the data entered into GPS in Moscow differ in just a few meters. Then we had to make sure it was the easternmost point of the watershed. We descended from the mountain to the pass and made measurements. GPS showed more Western coordinates. Further, the watershed went to the West.

The eastern point of Europe

So, it was confirmed that the "Svetka" is at an altitude of 418 meters. Rapid back to the height, we decided to establish our sign on the most high point watershed. Choosing a large stone in several tens of meters from an old sign, built a pyramid from white quartz stones. The stainless plate was imagined with the new coordinates of the eastern point of Europe, laid the time capsule in the pyramid and arranged a small holiday. Let's get the flags of the sports club "Malachite", "Russian Curl Club", "Russian newspaper", flag of cycroafon of the world "Chernobyl 2000+". The photo session and video shooting begins. Then Fireworks and Buffet.

Photoshoot starts and video shooting

Home

Going on the path passed one day easier. You know how to better overcome the ferrod or where it is better to get around the impassable area of \u200b\u200bthe road. We no longer lost time on exploration paths, but climbed out.

We no longer lost time on exploration paths, but climbed out.

Go on the way over the way easier

But the fatigue accumulated and sometimes, we made very incomprehensible actions. For example, one day during a snack with tea that replaces dinner, looking like, someone pulls out a "foam" - a spa rug so that it is more convenient to sit, I worked the signal to the selection in my head. I got a tent and started installing it. Everything with curiosity was followed by my actions. Finally someone could not stand and asked - "Did you decide to sleep?". And then I "returned to Zemvoy" - until the night still need to run 15 km. Another time, after crossing the river, I forgot the backpack with a photo - species by equipment and went ahead. Usually I went ahead to choose a place to shoot, but to forget the equipment ... I again helped Denis. He had to drag two backpacks. Such cases of all were mixed and raised our mood in the campaign.

No wonder I bought a new spinning

No wonder I bought a new spinning. Overnight on a small mustache allowed taking the tackle. The result is two smoke and pike kilogram for three. All fishing took 20 minutes. We had enough for us to cook your ear from Pike and bite a small-headed Harius. Because By this time, the supply of salt approached the end, the soup concentrate with the stars had to use the sump. Despite this dish was amazing.
On the last day we passed and drove 70 km. And late in the evening I left the highway near the village of Northern. The expense ranked three days.

Overnight on the way back

10 km remained to the finish. When there was a strong cotton that signals the burst chamber. When flashing light, we change the camera. Through a kilometer, the repaired wheel moved again, immediately detect the puncture on another bike. Apparently the refife mountains (as the Urals called the Starin) did not want to let us go so just. For two o'clock in the night, we get to the base of Vorkuta Geology, confident that we are not waiting there. However, after a long attempt, it is possible to wake the guard and to us, after the watchman, it turns out, to the general great joy, the whole "support group".

We were accepted by the mayor Vorkuta Igor Leonidovich Shpector

The next day, hagging and enduring, under local television lenses we arrived at the mayor's office. We were accepted by the mayor Vorkuta Igor Leonidovich Shpector. Igor Leonidovich provided the bus in our disposal. Thanks to this, we were able to explore the city, stuck in the bath, they were assigned to the Strogannin's restaurant and managed to travel Vorkuta - Moscow.

But despite all the difficulties, I would have passed with great pleasure about it beautiful places. If anyone needs a conductor, I am ready, but not on the bike.

Cape Roca or Cabo Roque (Cabo Da Roca) - the edge of Europe, and if you will be in Portugal, you must visit the most extreme Western point of continental Europe.

Cape Roca is an important guideline for navigators. Until the end of the 14th century, all Europeans considered the edge of the Earth, after which the immense ocean begins. And in fact, you can think so, especially when you see the raging water of the Atlantic Ocean, huge waves hitting the rocks and spray fountains flying to small pedestrian paths along the coast.

Cape Roca is amazing and visiting here, in one of many souvenir shops you can purchase a certificate that certifies that his owner was on the "edge of the Earth":

Rocks will unscrew over the ocean 150 meters, and from this point you can enjoy panoramic views on coastline And on the mountain range Serra de Sintra.

Historical Scriptures say that in the sixteenth century, at this place was the fort, who played an important role in the protection of marine approaches to Lisbon, forming a protective line of the coast. All that remained from the fort these days are some ruins and lighthouse. The lighthouse, though, has already been upgraded, and it still serves for ships walking in these waters.

Cape is part of the Sintra Cascais reserve, it is he who represents the greatest interest for tourists visiting these places.

Cape rock on the map

The excursion itself is not long, because there is only a lighthouse, rocks, and souvenir beaches. Average, excursion route Pass in one hour - this is a visit to the lighthouse and several watching sites For inspection of Rock Cape. After that another hour on souvenirs and he warmer drinks (tea, coffee) in the nearest coffee.

How to get to the rake caress?

Cape Roca is located 18 kilometers west of Sintra and 40 kilometers from Lisbon. The easiest and fastest way to get to Cabo Roca is to rent a car.

If you gathered in Portugal, see Cape Roca, then you need to get or less.
Prices for food on the Pyrenean Peninsula are approximately the same, you can compare with.
And if you like such interesting places, you probably do not refuse extreme -

Also from the city of Sintra goes public transport - 403 bus, the fare on which is 4 euros, and in time the path will take 40 minutes. The bus walks every hour in both directions from 9 to 19 hours. But the schedule is not regular, but depends on the time of year, so it is better to specify on the spot.

Taxi can be taken for 35 euros, and time on the way will take about 25 minutes, so if you have a group of four, that is, the reason to take a taxi and go comfortably.

The first lighthouse at this place was built in 1772, but the current beacon is since 1842, and its light in 1000 watt is visible in 46 kilometers;
In this part of the coast there are very few plants that grow in the depths of Portugal. This is due to the fact that constant strong winds from the ocean carry salt with them, which kills many plants;
Cape is noted stone monument With a cross on top. The inscription on the monument is the quotation of the famous Portuguese poet Louis Kamensex (1524-1580): "Where the Earth ends and the sea begins".

The pedestal on which the quote is carved

Portugal, who was once the most influential Empire of the world, has already lost its own greatness, but this place has kept him. In those long-standing times, in the era of the Great geographic discoveriesFrom the shores of Portugal to the unknown gave ships, the ships were despair, and the last thing they saw - Cabo Rock or the edge of the Earth.

Portugal is unmatched, especially if you do not break all the time on the beach, but to travel by car. At the first opportunity, it is necessary to go here. It is a pity that I had little time for this country within Eurotrip-2013

19 Day of traveling in Europe was saturated - we went from the port towards Lisbon on local roads, Circling paid highways. As a result, they were on the sandy shore of the Atlantic and accidentally drove to the stunning Dominican Cathedral of Santa Maria da Vitoria. On the same day, we visited Cape Roca - the most Western point of the Eurasian continent.

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The monastery is located in a small town of Batalla, in which only 7.5 thousand people live. He was launched in the international gothic style of Already in 1385, and finished only 1517, when the main building forces were aimed at the construction of the monastery in Belene

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In connection with the transformation of people to the construction of another object, one of the towers of the monastery did not have time to complete. But there is something special

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Monastery Santa Maria Yes Vitoria, of course, is in the list world Heritage UNESCO

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Personally, this Dominican Cathedral made me much more impression than

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Honestly, Notre Dame de Paris is quietly standing aside with the crowd of tourists. Here, the people are a bit, very soulful and somehow all naturally, cozy

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And fantastically beautiful

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Golden fish swim in the fountain. Children sing from delight

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If outside the monastery looks very sunny and cheerful, then some kind of spooky inside, even I would say, the sinister spirit of medieval Catholicism

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Heavy silence. Tourists talk in a whisper

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In one of the halls of the monastery there is an exposition dedicated to the history of this temple. Here is really scary

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After such frightening images and sculptures, color dishes look like something unusual

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Very nice. Corporate portuguese style - blue on white. Ocean Cool Feels in these colors and images

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Unusual installation. Some image in wall cut in the wall ...

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That's the case on the floor there are such pictures. 1665 year

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On the floor drawing of the skull, on the wall - saint. Here they have so almost everywhere: some kind of evil is neighboring the priests, virgins and other positive Catholic characters

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By the way, a visit to this Dominican Cathedral did we cost $ 0. So did not understand why. Pleasantly

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Of course, souvenir benches are located next to the monastery, from where you can grab a bowl or magnet in memory of the cathedral. There are simply no-related products, like bags, scarves, mugs and other rats, which our compatriots are massively buying. The proximity of Lisbon is affected, from which the buses will bring Russians in the interruptions between beach holiday. In such a souvenir shop, there will be a Russian-speaking girl seller

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After graduating in the street restaurant, right at the walls of the cathedral about 25 euros for two with beer and wine, moved further along the ocean. Some local residents Surprise considered our rare for those places the car system Peugeot 408

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The ocean is cool here

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And cool. Therefore, limited to a run on the edge of the water with a satisfied liner on the face

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On the way to Cape Rock, Cabo Carvoeiro came to Cape - the western point of Europe. Slightly less western. It is good here, as on in the sense that the car can be straight to the cliff, the benefit of the clearance on 408 allows you to do

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I would like this with such a kind

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And what is the ocean noise here!

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You can simply sit and relax

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To farewell to Cape made with Olga Card in the style of Soviet automotive posters)

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In general, our peugeot 408, compared to local European cars, looked just a giant: constantly ass on the parking lot was half meter further than the rest. The people love small cars here. A lot of well preserved retro

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And on these cars, Europeans travel, and not just in the garages stored

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These are such white houses appear approximately kilometers for 100-150 to Lisbon. In the port of the houses others

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Typical portuguese local track. Motorways are not interested, there is nothing to look

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Finally got to Cape Roca - the most western tip of Europe. Really, here is the end of the world. Further only New World - America. For this here and tourists come out. Russian percentage 30 from the total number of people

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Dangerous Tips with the Girl

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Quickly noticeing at Cape started in Lisbon already in the evening. Here is such a picturesque path from Cape Roca goes. Falling trees

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Palm trees, churches, ate - Beauty

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Those who wish can ride on such a retro tram

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Meanwhile, got to our hotel in Lisbon. As always left the car on a street parking free of charge until 9 am. In almost every city, it was possible to save money in the parking lot, coming in the evening and believing in the morning. If I came earlier or leaving later - I did not drink one hour for a small euro and was calm

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In the capital of Portugal came quickly late, twilight began. Therefore, we just ran a little on foot along the area where our hotel was and went to bed. Tomorrow there was a long distillation to Gibraltar Strait with a check in South Portuguese wild beaches

Eurotrip 2013.
Innsbruck. Eurotrip 2013.

Passo Dello Stelvio: The most drive road in Europe

Mediterranean coast of Spain

The southernmost point of Europe. Tarifa

Portugal: Atlantic Ocean, the most Western point of Europe, Dominican Cathedral

Cape Roca in Portugal is the most western point of Eurasia. I propose to see some exciting pictures from this beautiful place.

I must say that on this day we are specifically. Cramber on the walls finally finished. Still, the synthru of one day is not enough. Time was already about 6 pm, but we were lucky. It was worth getting out of the Synthrovsky 434 bus, as 403 room went to Cascaisa approached the station. This route for the sake of tourists makes a small hook and drives to the cape. Slightly more about how to get to Cape Roca.

From Lisbon from Rossis station by train to Sintra. It goes often, about once every 20 minutes. It costs about two euros one way. Schedule and prices on the site http://www.cp.pt.
From Sintra to Cape Rock by bus 403. It goes just from railway Station Sintra. Schedule and prices at http://www.scotturb.com Distance from Sintra to Rock Cape about 20 km.

1. Cape Roca is not to say that highly exotic in our online. Reports are full, pictures with a bearing all stereotypical, because By and large, there is nothing to remove there. But this does not diminish the advantages of this Portuguese attractions. 140 meter rock, powerful ocean, sunset, lonely lighthouse. It is worth going.

2. Contrary to stereotypes, at the beginning of May it was not at all windy and not cold. But even in such quiet weather, the surf still pleased with his power.

3. In the evening of tourists gathered quite a little, maybe a man twenty. What is characteristic, half was Russian.

4. All local flora enslaved succulents. I liked the word word, yes. If you believe wiki, then it
Cartoobrotus edible.

5. In early May, the carrtotus is abundantly blooming. So the whole shore was literally covered with yellow, white and purple flowers. Like all succulents, he has purely fatty leaves. In them, the plant sets moisture.

6. The terrain is very hilly. The brutal rocks of the cape are well the soft coastal hills.

7. There was a huge temptation to walk a few km along the Rocky Shore. But I did not want to skip the last bus. Sellers in a souvenir shop to the question when the last bus will be expressed, something like this:
- Maybe in seven, and maybe at eight. But with seven to eight will definitely be.

8. Extreme point Europe is not a lighthouse, namely this obelisk.

9. Of course a strong place. Although I confess, a little smeared the impression that I have already seen a similar picture on.

10. Nature seemed somewhat alien.

11. The Atlantic Ocean from tourists protects a purely symbolic wooden fence.

12. You can use this fence as a means for romantic walks.

13. And you can, like us with Olka, for more prosaic purposes. The store on the Cape Roca works up to half of the eighth. Under the sunset, the Bottle of Portwine went great. We also need to note the kindest Portuguese winemakers. Most bottles are closed by a real cork plug, but it opens without a corkscrew.

14. In short, beauty and all that. Yes, on the last bus, we still managed.

My stories about Portugal:

Trip by may holidays 2011:
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