Lisbon introduction
One-minute preview of our series on Lisbon, with look at other episodes listed here. A mix with examples of Manuelin architecture style, elaborately embellished with many nautical motifs.
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Lisbon Alfama You would enjoy strolling through the Alfama, the medieval neighborhood on the hill overlooking the main city. Many buildings date back hundreds of years, still occupied in a simple, old-fashioned manner.
Lisbon bus tour travel video with our local guide, Manuela. Driving along Liberty Avenue, the main street, Restauradores and Rossio Squares. Praca do Comercio, the fashionable district of the Baixa in the heart of town.
Lisbon Belem two of the most important examples of the Manuelin baroque, the Belem Tower, at the mouth of the Tagus River, and the nearby Jeronimos Monastery, with their wonderful mix of gothic and rococo. travel video
Lisbon lunch. While out for a full-day excursion we stop as a group for a typical local meal, with wine and baby goat, a specialty of Portugal, accompanied by mushrooms, salad and potatoes, at Curral dos Caprinos. travel video
Lisbon excursions introduction with a preview of Queluz Palace, Sintra, with two palaces including Pena Palace, and then we drive to the shore to the continent's westernmost point at Cape Roca, and the towns of Cascais and Estoril.
Cascais The coastal villages of Cascais and Estoril are famous for their pleasant weather and for the nobility of past residents, including deposed kings, queens and other aristocratic types who found a friendly home here.
Sintra The small town of Sintra has two palaces and a charming village feeling, set in rolling green hills with a cool, fresh atmosphere and sprinkled with large mansions amidst lush landscaping. travel video
Queluz Palace
considered the Portuguese version of Versailles, built in the 18th century as a summer residence for the royal family -- designed in elaborate Baroque and Rococo styles.
Lisbon comments:
"I think Lisbon is absolutely gorgeous," says Roxie Berlin, "it's fun to be here, with all the hills, all the views, and the historical places. It's great, I'm glad I'm here."
