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Everybody seems to have seen at least one or two 007 movies. Its creator  Ian Fleming got his inspiration for his first book,  Casino Royale in Estroil, Portugal. The other day, I bought a book called the 500 hidden secrets of Lisbon  and it recommended the best 5 movies set in Lisbon.  The number (4) on the list is On Her Majesty's Secret Service. After watching the end credit, you can see the movie was shot in Portugal but while watching it, you cannot tell whether it was shot in somewhere else or not. Once or twice you hear "Bom dia" and you see some Portuguese on the sign of Jewelry store. That's why I had to research more and in the end I found some interesting facts. During the World War II, Portugal was a neutral country, So European royal families took refuge in Cascais and Estoril near Lisbon. About 40 minutes from Lisbon My favorite city near Lisbon the view of Cascais beach  There were many spies in E...

Not many good books are available on Portugal in Korean not to mention on Lisbon. However, in English, there are plenty to choose from. Whenever I go to the bookstore, I browse over what is available and purchase one or two. I don't like piling up books and not reading them. So after finishing or almost finishing a book I bought previously, I buy one or two more. Finally, finishing SECRET LISBON, I bought The 500 hidden secrets of Lisbon. The book has info on 100 categories and each has 5 best something. For example, the best parks in Lisbon, the view points in Lisbon, and so on. The 5 best films set in Lisbon are mentioned in the book. The list goes... (1) Night train to Lisbon Korean Poster Having seen this movie more than 10 times, I strongly recommend this to anyone who loves travel. There are people coming to Lisbon just to follow the movie scences. (2) Lisbon Story Directed by Wim Wenders in 1994, it has the main actor as a movie director, ...