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Sintra Slideshow
Sintra
Travel Blogs from Sintra, Portugal
Stunning Sintra -
... as it is in sheltered part of the bay. Home to Sintra and the Regional Restaurant. I had Mueniere Monkfish and Almond. Magic.. Everyone's meal was wonderful and so cheap. What a day. Farwell to Sintra and Portugal and on the Salamanca tomorrow ...
Sintra and the Castle
Caught the train about 50min out of Lisbon to a small village called Sintra. They had a building called the Palaco National De Sintra (town or royal palace), with its weird turret roof. Did a massive 5km walk uphill from the village to save on bus fare. ...
Our last day in Portugal
Today was our first and only day of crap weather in Portugal. We woke up and it was pouring out. Everybody had umbrellas. It was kind of funny. But it was really coming down. By the time we got ourselves to the correct metro station to get us to the train ...
Kirándulunk Sintrába
... 'totta az UNESCO a világörökség részévé 1995-ben. A sintrai palotáról (Paco Real, vagy Palacio Nacional de Sintra) először Al-Bacr X. szd.-i földrajztudósnál találunk említést. Kifejezetten pihenési céllal építették a ...
Microclimate
... by the extensive aquaduct system that still exists on the outskirts of Lisbon that used to bring fresh water into the city. Sintra itself has a microclimate (note--'unusual weather'). It may be brilliant and sunny in Lisbon and cool, damp and rainy in ...
To Cascais and Sintra
... we drove on a highway, then side streets and finally a winding dirt road which led us to this beautiful area. Sintra in itself is beautiful surrounded with castles, churches, springs that provide fresh clean water, old streets, quaint houses, it's ...
Sintra daytrip
Instead of sightseeing Lisboa, I decided to sightsee a highly recommended place, called Sintra. This place was the palace area of the Portugese royal palace and rightfully so. The views from the palace were quite breathtaking and hopefully these photos ...
Estroil and Belem Tour
... ferry across to head out to the Christo del Rei. This is where the biggggg cross is. Wonder if Brazil got the replica from Portugal or vice versa. The view from the top there is just fantastic. One of the best. At night wondered around Lisboa again for ...
Lisbon
Last day in Lisbon :( very sad to leave this place. I love to come back one day and spend a month touring Portugal. I head out to the Se Cathedral and visited the 12th century cathedral. Then up the hill towards the Lisbon castle where the nice city view ...
We ride the Lisbon Metro
... find out one momento trains run change at Tunes train to Oriente Metro to hell (despite there being a direct train link to Sintra) - red line, blue line, green line, blue line - stairs, broken elevators, pick pockets, ticket collectors, machines that ...
Sintra and Cascais Portugal
Sintra and Cascais Portugal We had spent Christmas morning and part of the afternoon in Lisbon and let me tell you there wasn't much going on. We attended a noon mass at Basilica da Estrela (built in the late 18th century and equipped with space heaters ...
Land of the Fairytales
... of old churches scattered the lush grounds. The Palace of Pena itself is a multicolored, brilliant palace overlooking the beautiful Sintra valley. From the palace I wondered down an ancient foot path to the old Moorish castle. The ruins are all that ...
Sintra, Cabo da Roca, Portugal
... were different from what I've see in photos. They are only a pile of broken stones in the Moorish Castle... It was too late, so I gave up visiting Palacio Nacional de Sintra... I went back to Rossio and had a very nice McDonald salad ...
Le trekking le mieux recompense du monde
... chance de louer des velos gratuits toute la journee. On a donc pu aller a la plage Bocas del Inferno (bouche de lenfer). Demain nous partons de Cascais a Aljezur, en Algarve, au sud du Portugal. De la, nous travaillerons pendant cinq jours dans une villa. ...
Sky High
Have you ever discussed the concept of "high"? Ok, this place is high. I wonder how "your highness" managed to get up there ... Nice view and nice museum. All sustained with Brazilian ...
If Ludwig was Portuguese...
... While we were speaking to the receptionist, Lauren made a joke about us having our watches wrong, and he told us that Portugal had their daylight savings time change the night before…….. SERIOUSLY!? We felt so much less dumb upon figuring ...
