Lisbon & Cintra; with some account of other cities and historical sites in Portugal . CHAPTER VIII DURING the eighteenth and beginning of thenineteenth centuries, when no one thought ofmigrating annually to the French Riviera andEgypt in search of warmth and the sun, the winter climateof Lisbon and its vicinity was in excellent repute. TheBritish merchants constantly travelling in Portugal andthose permanently settled in the country must have circu-lated the favourable opinion from practical experience ofits amenities, and travellers such as Lord Carnarvon,Beckford, Murphy, Hoffmansegg and oth
Lisbon & Cintra; with some account of other cities and historical sites in Portugal . CHAPTER VIII DURING the eighteenth and beginning of thenineteenth centuries, when no one thought ofmigrating annually to the French Riviera andEgypt in search of warmth and the sun, the winter climateof Lisbon and its vicinity was in excellent repute. TheBritish merchants constantly travelling in Portugal andthose permanently settled in the country must have circu-lated the favourable opinion from practical experience ofits amenities, and travellers such as Lord Carnarvon,Beckford, Murphy, Hoffmansegg and others excitedcuriosity with their enthusiastic descriptions of pictu-resque scenery, local colour and luxuriant , we know, was sent here in preference to Aix, onaccount of the transit by sea even in those days beingconsidered easier for an invalid, and because Lisbon wassituated in a warmer latitude. The campaigners of thePeninsular War tested the merits of the climate, anddoctors continued to send patients here until some mis-taken idea arose about the violent wi
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