National Palace of Queluz

Home of the Potugese royal family before their retreat to Brazil in the face of Napoleon's advancing armies. As always, richly decorated inside, but to me this was a more intimate palace and easier to imagine it being someone's home.

Sintra (30km north west of Lisbon)

November 18th 2013
Geo: 38.7988, -9.38775Met our driver/guide at 9am and spent the day visiting the sights of Lisbon and Sintra. Michael had portable Wi-Fi in his posh BMW, which worked a whole lot better than the free Wi-Fi provided by the hotel.Highlights were the panoromas of Lisbon, the National Palace of Queluz, Sintra town, Pena Palace, Roca Cape (the westernmost point of the European continent), seaside C ... read more

Europe » Portugal

Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more

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