Sintra

Today we rented a car, left Lisbon (but not before having one last breakfast at the same russian cafe) and started making our way to Porto. Our first stop was a little detour to Sintra. I remembered it being very touristy and even though November would be a little less busy, it was very crowded again. To the point that it was next to impossible to park by the main palaces so we decided to skip the palaces of Pena and Sintra. Instead, we went to Regaleria, which is a massive villa and gardens built by a Portuguese magnate in a very extravagant and eclectic style. It reminded me of Gaudi and was done around the same time. After that, we drove a couple of hours to Coimbra where we spent the night.Läs mer