Cascais beach & Sintra palaces

We took the train along the coast to Cascais, a beautiful beach town. It's a great place to go for a dive and have some ice cream at the famous Santini gelato shop! We also had fun browsing a local bookshop.
The next day we took the train to Sintra, a cute and colourful village in the hills. We hiked the Rampa de Pena (Pena Ascent) to the palaces, which are perched on the tops of the biggest hills:
• Quinta da Ragaleira - beautiful palace gardens
• Castelo dos Mouros (of the Moors) - built in the 8th and 9th centuries and held until 1147.
• Palácio Nacional da Pena - Romanticist palace in bright yellow and red
We hiked down through some lovely gardens with waterfalls. And we finished the day with a bike peddle-powered smoothie.
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