Easily accessible location, always on roads in good condition. until the 1980s the border was closed and it was forbidden to cross this Ribeira do Chança/Chanza. The most sought after products in contraband were coffee, wheat, tobacco, some crockery, sometimes even pharmaceutical products. In Alentejo, the trend was to take these products to be sold in Spain, for a better price.

Rui Pedro Tremoceiro

June 6, 2021

Border between Portugal and Spain: old smugglers crossing "Volta Falsa" (literal: "Fake turn")

4B_CastroVerde

May 28, 2023

The is something special on the little track. Differences and similarities between the two countries.

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Location: Paymogo, El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain

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