Lisbon travel guide. Lisbon roofs The capital of Portugal, Lisbon (Portuguese: Lisboa) has experienced a renaissance in recent years, with a contemporary culture that is alive and thriving and making its mark in today's Europe.
Perched on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, Lisbon is one of the rare Western European cities that face the ocean and uses water as an element that defines the city. Lisbon enchants travelers with its white bleached limestone buildings, intimate alleyways, and an easy going charm that makes it a popular year round destination. Understand[edit] Like İstanbul, Amman, Rome, San Francisco, Edinburgh and Bergen, Lisbon is built on seven hills. The sparkling new Lisboa Ask Me Centre (Pç. do Comércio, ☎ +351 21 031-2815, open daily 09:00-20:00) will help you find accommodation and the staff are happy to dispense advice, maps and brochures.
Climate[edit] Lisbon enjoys a warm climate, with mild winters and very warm summers. Orientation[edit] Get in[edit] By plane[edit] By train[edit] City Sightseeing Lisbon. Prices from £16.50 for adults and £8.00 for children Discover Lisbon and plenty of things to do there with a City Sightseeing tour.
Your travel guide to cascais and the estoril coast. Simply Sintra: magic and mystery on Portugal's Atlantic coast. The best ones are right under the rocks," said Nuno Aramac, before slipping under the water like a seal.
The two of us had swum to the base of a cliff where we were collecting goose barnacles. I say "we", it was actually Nuno who was doing all the work, scraping away at the rocks with a chisel-like tool, ducking and diving then popping back up waving a handful of strange sea creatures and grinning. I was clinging to a barnacle- encrusted rock, wondering how much further the tide would come in before he decided he had enough to make it worth his while driving to Lisbon to sell the catch to one of the city's chichi seafood restaurants.
The spectacular stretch of Atlantic coast just north of Lisbon, with its rugged cliffs, crashing waves and near-empty stretches of sandy beach is famed for two things: surfing and seafood. Sintra. Sintra (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsĩtɾɐ]) is a town within the municipality of Sintra in the Grande Lisboa subregion (Lisbon Region) of Portugal.
Owing to its 19th-century Romantic architecture and landscapes, it has become a major tourist centre, visited by many day-trippers who travel from the urbanized suburbs and capital of Lisbon. In addition to the Sintra Mountains and Sintra-Cascais Nature Park, the parishes of the town of Sintra are dotted by royal retreats, estates, castles and buildings from the 8th-9th century, in addition to many buildings completed between the 15th and 19th century, including the Castelo dos Mouros, the Pena National Palace and the Sintra National Palace, resulting in its classification by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1995.
History[edit] Images of Sintra. Sintra videos. Sintra Tourism and Holidays: 34 Things to Do in Sintra, Portugal. 24 hours in Sintra. What should you do if you only have 24 hours to spend in a city?
Where should you go? How can you find the best spots to discover the soul of a place in 24 hours? Follow us to Sintra! We only have 24 hours there! Sintra is not that big to require more than a whole day to be visited but it certainly has some very recommendable places that you’d enjoy. 10:00am Outside Sintra train station there’s a bus stop. 10:10 am.
Get off the bus on the first stop: Downtown Sintra. 11:15 am. Time for one of my favorites. 12:45 pm. You’ll be tired of climbing towers and walking caves at this point so it’s time to relax and have something to eat. 14:30 pm. It’s time to go on with the visit. 18:30 pm. You’ll be pretty tired at this point so it’s up to you if you have some energy left to visit the rest of the palaces on Sintra. Câmara Municipal de Sintra. Sintra Guide. Getting around. Sintra is both a town and a municipality in the Lisbon Coast/aka Estoril Coast region of Portugal.
Its spectacular setting, 28km from Lisbon, houses a Royal Palace, used by generations of Portuguese royalty prior to the 1910 revolution. The surrounding hills are surmounted by the remains of the Moorish Castle and by the nineteenth-century Pena Palace. Historic Sintra is an heritage patrimony site declared by UNESCO. The Estoril coast is often considered to be part of the Lisbon coast, which includes Cascais, Lisbon, Sintra, and other nearby municipalities. Moorish Castle. Sintra Tram. Lisbon: Getting to Sintra. Getting to Sintra from Lisbon is easy.
There are direct trains every 15 minutes on weekdays, every 30 minutes at weekends, from Lisbon's city centre Rossio station. The journey takes 39 minutes and a return (round-trip) ticket is €3.90. These are local suburban trains. Lisbon Rossio station is in the city centre and is worth a few minutes of the visitors time in its own right. It is served by the Restauradores metro station, many bus routes and is easily accessible therefore from all parts. Service summary from Lisbon Rossio.
Weekdays Every 15 minutes from 06.08 - 20.38, then every 30 minutes until last train at 01.08 During weekday rush hours, trains also run to Sintra from other Lisbon stations eg Oriente, Roma-Areeiro, Entrecampos and Sete Rios. Tourist Buses. Sintra, Portugal Restaurants: See 99 restaurants with 2,426 reviews. Restaurants in Sintra. Parques de Sintra. Sintra accomodation. Casadovalle.blogspot.co. Palaces & Pathways of Sintra. Sintra-Cascais Natural Park. The Sintra-Cascais Natural Park is one of the 13 Natural Parks of Portugal.
While only established in 1994 as a Natural Park by the Portuguese Government, it has been protected since 1981. Its area is approximately 145km². Walks in Portugal. Cabo da Roca Travel Guide.