Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Pictures from Sintra

Here are the pictures from our one-day tour to Sintra and Cascais.
Park & Gardens at Pena Palace

Black swan in one of the ponds in the park

Moorish influence on the Palace grounds

Palm tree growing in the gardens of the Palace
On our hike through the Palace gardens and park

Western red cedar tree in the Palace grounds

 


Pena Palace through the fog

Queen for a day enjoying the view of the Palace

Pena Palace

Pena Palace

Entrance to Pena Palace

Pena Palace -- Moorish blue tiles

State Reception Room in the Palace

Kitchen in the Palace

Cabo de Roca -- western most point of Europe

Colorful homes and shops in Cascais, a sea-side resort town

Cascais

Cascais

Cascais


Lisbon's aquaduct -- highest arches in the world -- completed 4 years before the 1775 earthquake and withstood the earthquake

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