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Aljezur Multi-cache

Hidden : 5/31/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Take your time to visit the charming old town of Aljezur.



Aljezur is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 323.5 km² and a total population of 5,322 inhabitants. The word is derived from the Arabic word "Aljuzur", the plural of island. (Information taken from Wikipedia)
There are some interesting places to visit in Aljezur including: Municipal Museum, Igreja da Misericórdia, Religious Art Museum, a Castle and the Igreja Nova. Neraby Aljezur there are many beautiful beaches like Monte Clérigo, Arrifana or Praia da Amoreira.

This cache will take you for a walk in the old part of Aljezur. You can park at the given coordinates, please remember they will not lead you to the cache hiding! Take your time, enjoy the charming narrow streets and find the answers to the following questions.

After you have crossed the bridge you will find a taxi stop. Check how many taxis are allowed to stop there. This number is B.

Nearby the pedestrian bridge you will find an picture made of azulejos. You will see a date on it, the second digit of the year is A.
Nearby the Municipal Museum you will find some sculptures, the number of them is D. On the left of them you will find a year and a name. The number of letters in the name is C.


Just next to it, maybe after you have visited the museum, you can make a short stop, sit, enjoy the view and count the final coordinates:

N 37.18. A(B+5)C
W 008.48. (D+1)(A-9)(C-3)

The cache is a bigger micro, which contains a logbook. There is no need to remove anything or to climb at the final. Listen to your intuition and please be very careful while taking out the container.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

zntargvp

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)