Page 143 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Portugal

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1 The view from the cloisters
of Santa Maria da Victória.
2 The pretty town of Ericeira.
3 Sintra’s Palácio da Pena.
4 A dam in the Parque
Natural da Serra da Estrela.
5 Miradouro de Santa Luzia.

Afternoon After watching the waves the IC6 to the park, where you can drive
crashing on the beach, visit the Baroque right to the top of the mainland’s highest
church of Nossa Senhora da Nazaré. Join summit, Torre (p204).
the E1 to continue your journey to Afternoon After hiking one of the many
Coimbra (p196). There are plenty of busy trails that crisscross the mountains,
bars in this historic city, but for a truly taking in waterfalls, otherworldly granite
unique experience head to a fado club. formations and medieval castles, spend
the night in sleepy Linhares in the heart
Day 5 of the park (p205).
Morning Coimbra’s ancient university was Day 7
founded in 1290, making it one of the
oldest in Europe (p200). Don’t miss its Morning Head back to Lisbon on the A13
Baroque library, the Biblioteca Joanina. via the lovely riverside town of Tomar,
Afternoon Pick up all you need for stopping to explore the mighty Convento
a picnic and spend the afternoon de Cristo, a fortress convent dating from
admiring the impressive nearby ruins the 12th century (p176).
of Conímbriga (p209). It’s hard not to Afternoon Back in the capital, take the
imagine Roman life as you explore the clacking tram 28 up to Alfama and watch
country’s most important Roman site. the sunset from the Miradouro de Santa
Return to Coimbra for the evening. Luzia (p67). End the day – and your trip –
at A Baiuca, where sorrowful fado singers
entertain you as you dine (p71).
Day 6
Morning Inland Portugal has some
magnificent wild terrain, such as the
Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela. Take
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