- Claustro Real
The royal cloister was built by architect Fernão de Évora in 1448-1477. - Quinta Pézinhos no Tejo
A wonderful setting for a wonderful dinner. - Óbidos
13th century castle, and one can walk on the walls. - Hotel garden
Wonderful tiny garden of our hotel (Silver coast). - Cloister of Silence
This cloister was built under King Dinis I (1261-1325). The Manueline top floor is from early 16th century. - Claustro Real
- Monastery of Saint Mary of the Victory
What a magnificent cathedral! - Hotel garden
- Cloister
What a lovely cloister this is. - Monserrate
Triton fountain in the park of Monserrate. - Monserrate
In 1846, Francis Cook, the 1st Viscount of Monserrate, built this Gothic-Indian-Moorish-shiny-pretty palace. - Triton fountain
The base of the Triton fountain. What a lovely angry fish this is. - Monserrate park
I think this is some kind of cycad, but I really can't figure out which one. - Monserrate park
Again, no idea what this is. Some sort of blossoming succulent. - African lily
Our hotel garden in the early morning mist. - The Initiation Well
- The Initiation Well
- The unfinished initiation well
- An unnamed lake
The lake in front of the Gruta do Labirinto. - Quinta da Rigaleira
Carvalho Monteiro bought the place in 1892 and built this with the Italian architect Luigi Manini. The construction began in 1904 and was completed by 1910. - Pena park
We decided to take a walk through the Pena gardens (and not visit the palace this time). - Cruz Alta - High Cross
The High Cross is located at the highest point, at 528 m. The first cross was placed here around 1522 by João III. - Chalet of the Countess of Edla
Ferdinand II built this for the opera singer Elise Friederike Hensler, later Countess of Edla. The chalet is alpine like - but dressed in cork. - Hotel garden
Another misty morning in Sintra. In the middle of the summer. So refreshing. - Convento dos Capuchos
The magical monastery is even more mysterious in fog. This is the central cloister with a fountain. - Convento dos Capuchos
The kitchen and the Chapter House. - Convento dos Capuchos
It's so humid even in the middle of the summer, no wonder everything is so lush green! - Cascais
Not quite sure what to think of this place. Diverse or messy? Eclectic or mismatched? This certainly was a wonderful place. Now - not so much.