Cascais Lisbon

When we got to Lisbon, we checked into our hostel and took a nap before we really started our day. We started by having a wonderful seafood lunch on the water! Then we explored the city. We walked through the streets until we got to a few scenic viewpoints and churches. One of my favorite sites was St. George's Castle. We walked through and saw the …

Today started with a tour around the city of Lisbon. We drove all through the downtown area which was just beautiful. Very hilly – they have little tram cars to take people up the hill in some streets, and a lift to go between the top and bottom sections too! It was built by a guy who studied architecture with Gustov Eifel, so is in a very …

When we got to Lisbon, we checked into our hostel and took a nap before we really started our day. We started by having a wonderful seafood lunch on the water! Then we explored the city. We walked through the streets until we got to a few scenic viewpoints and churches. One of my favorite sites was St. George's Castle. We walked through and saw the …

A seven hour bus ride from Seville and I enter Lisbon crossing the 25^th of April Bridge with the large statue of Jesus (Cristo Rei) behind me. I have returned to Portugal for the first time since I was a child and I have encountered the 2 things I remember about the city from my youth. As a child when I saw either the Golden Gate Bridge …

We took yet again another over night train into Lisbon. This one was a littler more bearable because we knew what to except this time and the seats/ accomadations were much nicer. However it's impossible to get a good nights sleep on any moving transportation without a bed so when we got to Lisbon, we checked into our hostel and took a nap before …

... fact that it was a Monday did not stop people from going down to the ocean. Instead we stopped at the town of Cascais, this is the Saint Tropez of Portugal, although it does not have the mega yachts in its harbor. Here we walked around for a short while, ...

... had a pot of mixed seafood. * Sur Sangam: Italian/Indian restaurant in the pedestrian old town of Lisbon. As we traveled through Portugal we discovered that Italian/Indian combo restaurants were pretty common. The restaurant was run by Indians and the ...

... The Statue of Cristo Rei is located across the River Tagus from Lisbon. It was built by citizens of Lisbon in 1959 as a thanks to God, because Portugal did not join the fight in World War II. The statue portrays Jesus Christ inviting all of mankind to ...

... to spend on an in-depth tour of Iberia, I beat a hasty retreat for Spain's cheaper coastal neighbor, Portugal. Buying an overnight ticket to Lisbon was straightforward, and involved a half-hour wait at Atocha Station, which was the site of the worst ...

... by the crew.  The tour was excellent and I could happily have listened to the tour guide talk all day! The tour stopped at Cascais for lunch rather than morning tea and we rushed to a restaurant so I could have my beloved Peri-Peri. Barb in a moment ...

... the pasteis at the hotel). And to the west of Belém are the mundane seaside resorts of Cascaís and Estoril... This concludes my Lisbon entries. There are of course other topics, such as the wonderful music (fado of Lisbon and of Coimbra), but I ...

LISBOA y CASCAIS, PORTUGAL   During my short stint here, I stayed in Lisbon (Lisboa here) but managed a day trip to Cascais, a beach village about 2 hours away.  The weather was perfect!  But the sand was very hot and the water extremely ...

... meant a lot to the locals and the performers in this intimate atmosphere. A great way to finish our time in Portugal, a difficult city at times - language and finding your way around but a great experience again. A city where the police cruise ...

... to order one more..... how delicious they were. I walked almost my entire stay in Cascais.....------------------------------------------------- Ate Bacalhau with potatos (  Portugal is known for the best bacalhau), 3 oysters and 1/2 bottle of ...

... delicious pastries in the home of the custard tart! to see more of the country i also did a few trips- to the seaside towns of estoril and cascais, which was quite relaxing, and also the beautiful sintra, a museum town surrounded by eccentric ...