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Portugal Another Lovely Trip to Portugal! Lisbon Dipping Into Lisbon The Unique Vasco da Gama [...]
The Unique Vasco da Gama Shopping Center
I was waiting for my train to take me to Porto and, because there was a lot of time left, so my curiosity dragged me in...
I encountered a few things worth mentioning, so I decided to pack these into this little article.
I don't particularly revere shopping malls, but there are a few that are worth mentioning.
This wasn't among my pinned targets (as I didn't consider it a real attraction), but I enjoyed my few minute stroll inside...
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Interestingly, it's named after explorer-navigator Vasco da Gama. To exaggerate a little, pretty much everything is named after him in Portugal...
Strange long sink with "embedded" elements suggesting navigation, exploration, fishing...
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So, this is a shopping mall, all right... at first sight a simple modern building. But in fact, there was more to it than just the name of Vasco da Gama. It's themed after explorations...
Fishing tools and a telescope
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The designers embedded all sorts of motifs, design elements that remind us of exploration, navigation... and it also reminded me of my personal travels and explorations.
Model sailing ship and hooks...
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Images of maps, compasses and other navigational equipments, sea shells...
The bathrooms were particularly interesting - I hope it's needless to explain, you can see on my photos why...
Maps on the floor
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Escape Hunter, the young solo traveler in his early 30's explores the World driven by curiosity, thirst for adventure, deep passion for beauty, love for freedom and diversity.
With a nuanced, even humorous approach to travel, an obsession for art and design, Escape Hunter prefers to travel slowly, in order to learn and "soak up" the local atmosphere...
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