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Backroads of Iberia: Spanish Paradores & Portuguese Pousadas
September 30 - October 16, 2018

Part One: Portugal, Page Two - Sintra and farmland

Pena Palace
Pena National Palace outside Lisbon above the village of Sintra.
The castle stands on the top of a hill in the Sintra Mountains.
It is a national monument and constitutes one of
the major expressions of 19th-century Romanticism in the world.
The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is also used for
state occasions by the President of the Portuguese Republic
and other government officials.

Pena Palace
View of the Palace from another angle

Pena Palace
Entrance to the Palace
The Palace is a 19th century hilltop castle,
built on the ruins of an ancient monastery.
King Ferdinand transformed the remains of the monastery
into a palace that would serve as a summer residence
for the Portuguese royal family.

gargoyle
Gargoyle

father and child
Portuguese father and child touring the Palace

tile wall
Closeup look at Portuguese tile on one of the palace walls.

Palace view


arch way
View of the Clock Tower

Sintra
View of the village of Sintra

Lisbon train station
Back in Lisbon, the modern train station. At this point, we had
finished touring the City and were heading out of town.

tile making
From Lisbon we drove through farmland and stopped
at a place that engages in the art form of azulejos.

cheese maker
We also visited a cheese making farm. One of the owners explained
the cheesemaking.

cheesemaking
Some of the tour group "assisting" in cheesemaking. This photo
was taken by our tour leader. Geneva from Arizona, on the left,
has done 29 OAT trips, some more than once!

cheese farm
The cheese farm

cork production
Cork factory. Portugal supplies the world with over 50% of the
cork used to make wine and champagne "stoppers."

Link to Part One, Page Three - Evora, Portugal

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