PORTUGAL: Poised Between Proud Tradition and Global Modernity

 

Destination:
Lisbon and Coimbra, Portugal
Dates:
October 15–October 25, 2016 (10 nights)
For more information on this trip please contact Literary Traveler.
1-855-LIT-TRVL
Readings:
The Maias: Episodes from Romantic Life, by José Maria Eça de Queirós (trans. Margaret Jull Costa)
Accommodations: 
Heritage Lisbon Plaza and Hotel Astoria, Coimbra
Description/Itinerary:
Portugal was once a powerful seafaring kingdom that dominated the merchant routes to Africa, South America, and the Orient. Its prestige and economy have never regained the heights they attained during the golden ages of t...

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