Tour day...Stop 1: Sintra

》Lawrence’s Hotel is the oldest hotel on the Iberian Peninsula, having welcomed such illustrious guests as Lord Byron and the great Portuguese writer, Eça de Queiroz. Each of the 16 rooms and suites are unique. There are no numbers on the doors, but names imbued in history.

Legend has it that George Lord Byron began writing The Pilgrimage of Childe Harold while staying at Lawrence’s Hotel in 1809.

》Fonte dos Pisões

Located on the road which leads to Quite da Regaleira and the Palace of Monserrate its bright yellow colour makes it difficult to miss. It has a semi-circular courtyard and a circular panel of tiles behind the tap. The overflow tank would have enabled farm animals to drink from here. Today sadly the water source has run dry yet the Fonte dos Pisões remains an interesting monument.Read more