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    • Dag 44

      Brace yourself for Sintra

      5 maj, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      Overnight camp time! I'm catching a 40 minute train to Sintra, a UNESCO listed town in a national park that was a little royal playground back in the day. WOOF. It's a popular day trip from Lisbon but I'm staying in a vintage guesthouse private room I quite generously booked myself many moons ago and forgot about. Pleasantly surprised was an understatement.

      As I was being shown around the woman told me the house was originally owned by a painter that worked on the Pena Palace, then a dentist who worked and lived in the house with his family of six. My room used to be one of the administrative offices, and the woman used to come here as a girl for her dentist visits!
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    • Dag 44

      Cod to finish

      5 maj, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

      If you'd asked me what I was hoping to get out of dinner, I'd have described exactly what happened - an enormous amount of very good fish in a restaurant run continuously by two guys since 1970 which has a TRAIN in the logo, and in which they're still storming around in their wool vests.

      I'd have said I hope it's filled with their Portugese Martin Scorsese lookalike mates, and women that have been there since day dot, still loyal to their Farrah Fawcett blowouts, giving each other shit and ruffling kids hair as they run past.

      By the end of it I'd crinkled my eyes at half the restaurant, got a pastry and a glass of port on the house, and nodded goodbye to a few tables on my way out. I walked three minutes home, flopped down, poured a tiny glass of port, then slipped between the cool sheets of a bed wider than I am tall.

      Perfect. Day.
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    • Dag 3

      Tiles, glass windows & patterns

      8 maj, Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

      The tiles in both Lisbon and Sintra are beautiful. They are flat, but the Moorish tiles are raised with Muslim, Moroccan and Islamic influences. Many items (purses, wallets, postcards, hats, etc) are made with cork from cork trees. They remove the outer layer of cork near the bottom of the tree so they don't kill the tree and it regenerates the cork every 9 years.Läs mer

    • Ab nach Sintra

      17 maj, Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

      Es gäbe bestimmt noch viel in Lissabon zu entdecken aber für uns geht's weiter. Kurze Etrappe bis nach Sintra, sehr steile Abschnitte teilweise müssen wir schieben.
      Wir kommen in Sintra an und treffen auf mehr Touristen als in Lissabon. Etwas überrascht erkunden wir die Stadt. Heute besichtigen wir das Palácio Nacional de Sintra.
      Maurenpalast aus dem 11. Jahrhundert mit berühmtem Fliesenzimmer, Sala dos Brasões und sehr schönen Innenhöfen und Gärten.
      Auch hier in Sintra gibt es eine berühmte Bäckerei an der wir nicht vorbeikommen ohne die Spezialität zu kaufen. Sehr leckere Apfeltasche. Travesseiro de Sintra.
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    • Dag 10

      Palácio de Queluz e Sintra

      25 maj 2022, Portugal ⋅ 🌬 21 °C

      Hoje tiramos o dia para fazer dois passeios: conhecer o Palacio de Queluz e voltar a Sintra, one estivemos juntos em 2008. Pegamos o trem para Sintra na estação Róssio e descemos primeiramente em Queluz. Com uma caminhada de cerca de 1 km, chegamos ao Palácio.
      O Palácio Nacional de Queluz encanta pela sua imponência e pela exuberância dos seus detalhes arquitetônicos. Intimamente ligado às vivências de três gerações da Família Real portuguesa, e palco de intensas emoções, o palácio reflete a evolução dos gostos e estilos da época, passando pelo barroco, o rococó e o neoclassicismo.
      Em seu redor, cenográficos jardins convidam a “passear” pela época em que a corte ali organizava sumptuosas festas e guardam as memórias dos passeios de gôndola no canal, do
      teatro, das caçadas, dos serões musicais e literários, dos bailes de máscaras, dos jogos e das
      récitas ao ar livre. Um cenário de sonho, animado por cascatas e por delicados jogos de água.
      Depois da visita pegamos novamente o trem até Sintra.
      Compramos o ticket do ônibus hop-on hop-off e seguimos direto até o Castelo dos Mouros, um forte erguido no século X, após a conquista muçulmana da Península Ibérica.
      Depois resolvemos descer a pé pela trilha até o Castelo da Pena.
      Erguido em um rochedo e rodeado por uma natureza exuberante, o palácio parece ter saído de um conto de fadas. A atração, expoente máximo do Romantismo português do século XIX, conta com referências arquitetônicas de influência manuelina e mourisca, ou seja, muito luxo e glamour, tanto no interior quanto no exterior.
      Depois descemos até a vila e entramos na Piriquita para tomar um café e comermos um delicioso doce travesseiro.
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    • Dag 19

      Au pays des Palais à Sintra

      28 september 2022, Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      Nous n'étions pas vraiment censés rester une nuit de plus ici à Sintra. Mais nous avons tellement adoré et voulions tellement voir d'autres palais... Mais ce n'est clairement pas pour la facilité de conduite que tu veux rester ici !!! Lolll

      Pour commencer, nous avons visité Monserrat, un palais d'un style plutôt arabe avec plusieurs jardins et d'une luxuriante végétation. C'est vraiment beau. Il y a un couloir en plein centre du palais orné de plusieurs arches. Il y a du travail là-dedans! Pour arriver là, c'était assez simple en appelant un Uber à 5 euros pour 15 minutes. Vraiment pas très cher. Mais au moment de repartir pour aller dîner, oh surprise, plus de chauffeur disponible! Il arrive un Jeep qui dépose quelques touristes. Notre lueur d'espoir est là. Nico va lui demander s'il peut nous déposer. Il acquiesce, ça lui fait un grand plaisir. Il est en attente des touristes qu'il vient de déposer.

      C'est une vraie jungle dans ce coin-là. Et là sérieusement, on se dit: mais une chance que nous ne sommes pas venus en campervan. La voie simple est dans les deux sens. Elle est extrêmement sinueuse et étroite. On fait plusieurs face-à-face avec d'autres voitures... On ne sait pas comment ils font parce que sa voiture passe à 2 cm du bord de la roche à droite et 5 cm à gauche de l'autre véhicule qu'il croise. On a oublié de faire un vidéo, mais tabourette, c'est intense! Il nous dépose donc à notre hôtel château! Alelouya, on n’aurait pas fait la route à pied non plus dans de telles conditions et en pente montante non plus!!

      L'hôtel est vraiment majestueux! On en paie aussi le prix pour un dîner !! Car c'est quasiment d'être dans un château. On voit aussi qu'il y a eu plusieurs vedettes qui y sont passées, dont Bono, Roger Moore, Edith Piaf, Richard Nixon et j'en passe.

      Par la suite, nous avons visité le palais de Regaleira. Wow! Il y a des grottes sublimes. Le propriétaire de l'époque avait voulu creuser des canalisations pour rendre l'eau à une fontaine. On se fait un réel plaisir de passer au travers et faire la découverte.

      Il est déjà 16h00, mais... pourquoi pas faire le château des Maures. Volet informatif:

      "Les ruines du Castelo dos Mouros dominent les hauteurs de Sintra. Elles sont celles d’un ancien château qui, pendant l’époque des Maures (du VIIIe eu XIIe siècle), défendait toute la région.

      Comme le château a été construit sur un affleurement rocheux, il offrait aux Maures une position privilégiée et des vues stratégiques sur le littoral ainsi que sur les terres des environs. En 1147, les croisés chrétiens ont pris le château d’assaut et ont fini par l’abandonner pour le laisser à l’état de ruines, complètement recouvert par les denses forêts qui poussent dans les collines de la Serra de Sintra.

      Le cadre naturel et serein des ruines du château a séduit le roi Ferdinand II (1816 – 1885) et l’a conduit à partiellement restaurer ses remparts et à le transformer en la pièce maîtresse du domaine de son incroyable palais de Pena."

      C'est donc avec ce dernier palais que nous terminons notre journée. Du haut des remparts, oufff, le vent y est assez présent ! On doit faire extrêmement attention. Sam tient ma main tout le long. Pas le choix! Il n'y a pas de gardes vraiment! Mais c'est impressionnant. Nous avons une vue sublime sur Sintra et ses environs.

      Ensuite, souper dans la ville et retour au calme dans notre campervan. :)
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    • Dag 282

      Sintra, Portugal

      14 februari 2023, Portugal

      We're back at it! After returning back to the USA for the holidays and to wait out the winter, we've returned to Europe. We're starting off this leg back where we left off, in the Iberian Peninsula. We flew into Lisbon and traveled to our first stop in Sintra, about 40 minutes west. This time we also have Emily's father John with us for a few weeks.

      Sintra is said by many both past and present to be the most beautiful place in Portugal. It's very easy to see why. Romantic elegance of the old town cobbled streets that meet and disappear into the natural beauty of the forrests,, national parks, and mountains. Sintra is a magical place that boasts grand palaces and castles within walking distance. We were fortunate enough to visit Quinta de Regaleira, Castelo dos Muros, and the palace of Monserrate. They were all outstanding with the later being perhaps our favorite due to its elaborate gardens with plants from across the globe. Just 30km from Lisbon Sintra swept us back in time and had such a storybook feel it was hard not to adore this town. Just beware of the hills and bring good walking shoes!

      While Sintra has evidence of early human settlement from the Paleolithic era and has been occupied by the Romans, it's the Moorish occupation that feels most prominent. As already stated, we visited Castelo dos Muros which was built between the 8th and 9th centuries. While a fortress, it's primary function was that of a lookout point for the surrounding area and the bay leading to Lisbon. The Moors remained in this area until driven out by the first king of Portugal, Alfonzo V, drove them out in 1147.

      Quinta da Regaleira was a private residence. The construction as it is seen today began in 1904. It is rumored to have connections to the Knights Templar and their initiation well.
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    • Dag 6

      Sintra

      27 mars, Portugal ⋅ 🌧 14 °C

      We finally made it to Sintra today after a few days of thinking about it. I knew Sintra was going to be beautiful, and it still blew my expectations out of the water. To get there we had to take a bus to a train station then buy a pass for the train. The pass worked great at the first station, and then we got to Sintra. we tried scanning our pass to get through the gates and it denied both of us. Even a local couldn't figure it out. He then tried to run behind someone who scanned their card, but the gates slammed in his face and completely bodied him. I laughed so hard in his face, true comedy. We couldn't figure it out either, so we just jumped over a wall to get out lol. We had to hop on another bus, which took us up to Quinta Da Regaleria, where a mansion is built on the side of a mountain on 4 hectares of space. There's so much to see there's no way we didn't miss something even though we spent 5 hours there. We explored caves and tunnels as well as just walking through the garden. Pearse and I made a few "skits" we think are funny. It's so hard to only pick 2 videos for the posts, though. We're off to Porto tomorrow now, so I'd say it was the perfect way to spend the last day in Lisbon.Läs mer

    • Dag 12

      Day Twelve: Sintra

      27 mars, Portugal ⋅ 🌬 14 °C

      Today, I managed to get a pretty good sleep. But these hostel beds get so hot I was sweating all morning. And to top it off, I woke up with a sore throat. A pretty bad one, too. It felt like knives when I swallowed. But that's OK. We power through. Decided to take public transportation to get to Sintra. It was quite the experience. It was so confusing to actually buy the ticket. Luckily, someone helped us buy it. When we finally got to Sintra, it was pouring rain and super windy. And too made it better our ticket wasn't working and we couldn't leave the train station. We walked around trying to get help and ended up having to jump a fence to get out. But when we finally made it, it was amazing walking into the garden, field, or whatever you would call it, and the rain really did make everything greener. This "castle" was on a hillside with a whole bunch of random ruins, buildings, and paths. We got to walk around in the forest around random walls and get a great view of the valley. There was even this well that went down into the ground. A lot of the descriptions they had around didn't make a lot of sense to me, but this well seemed to be made as an analogy for something. It was about the decent to hell and the light of heaven or something. But there were also some underground paths that were completely dark. You needed a flashlight to get around. It was so spooky and so fun to joke around with ethan in it. There was also the main mansion when the owners lived. It was extravagant and completely over the top, someone who really needed to flex his wealth. It was beautiful, though, for sure. Someplace I couldn't imagine living in. They had a separate pool room and a separate smoking/games room. There were some many different places nestled here that gave us a taste of different architectural styles and so much more. On the way back, we found yet another rooftop bar over looking an even crazier view! But we were both so tired. We crawled our way back home and went to bed early!Läs mer

    • Dag 25

      Tag 25: Sintra, PRT

      9 maj, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

      Nachdem die Nacht etwas durchwachsen war und der Morgen direkt mit, heute etwas stärkerem, Fischgeruch begann, packten wir unsere sieben Sachen ins Auto und machten uns auf den Weg in Richtung Sintra.
      Sintra liegt am Fuße des Sintra-Gebirges. Die Straßen dorthin und auch im Ort selbst sind stellenweise etwas abenteuerlich. Das Gelände um Sintra ist mit wunderschönen Herrenhäusern und Palästen bespickt.
      Einen davon, den Palácio de Monserrate, haben wir direkt auf dem Weg nach Sintra bestaunt. Um zu dem kunstvoll verzierten Palast zu gelangen, läuft man durch einen wunderschönen Garten, der über eine große Vielfalt von Pflanzen, kleinen Bächen, Wasserfällen und Teiche verfügt. Da Hunde hier nur stellenweise erlaubt sind, haben wir mit Hicks den angrenzenden Wald erkundet. Dieser ist ebenso mit kleinen Bächen, diversen Holzfiguren und zwei kleinen Teichen bespickt und lädt zu einem ausgiebigen Waldspaziergang ein. Wir waren total verzaubert von diesem märchenhaften Ort.
      Aber auch Sintra selbst ist einen Besuch wert, wobei wir uns aktuell in der Nebensaison befinden und der Ort brechend voll mit Touristen war. Ist aber auch sehr schön hier.... Das niedliche Städtchen besticht durch seine Hanglage und die vielen hübschen Häuser. Wir hätten uns auch sehr gern den farbenfrohen 'Palácio Nacional da Pena' angeschaut. Mit unserem vierbeinigen Begleiter müssen wir allerdings hier und da ein paar Abstriche machen... Daher gab's für uns diesmal leider keinen Pena-Palast. 🥲
      Nachdem wir uns einen kleinen Snack zur Stärkung gegönnt hatten, ging es weiter zum Campingplatz vor den Toren Lissabons - 'Lissabon Camping & Bungalows'.
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