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EXPERIENCE The Lisbon Coast The Palace of Monserrate’s

beautifully wrought
Romantic architecture,
inside (inset) and out

Estoril from Cascais, besides a
pleasant beach promenade of
3 km (2 miles) and a mansion-
covered ridge known as Monte
Estoril, is its sense of place.
in the roots of a giant Ficus The heart of Estoril is
6 " tree. Its history dates back immediately accessible from
Monserrate to the Moors, but it takes its the train station. On one side
name from a small 16th- of the tracks, is the riviera-like,
! D5 ⌂ Rua Barbosa du
Bocage £ To Sintra then bus century chapel dedicated to but relaxed beach; on the
435 or taxi # Late Mar–late Our Lady of Montserrat in other, a palm-lined park
Oct: 9:30am–8pm daily (to Catalonia, Spain. The gardens flanked by grand buildings,
were land scaped in the late
stretches up past fountains to
7pm for the palace); late Oct–
late Mar: 10am–6pm daily 1700s by a wealthy young a casino. Dwarfing the casino is
(to 5pm for the palace); last Englishman, William Beckford. the Estoril Congress Centre, a
adm 1 hour before closing They were later immortalized vast multipurpose edifice that
by Lord Byron in Childe
speaks confidently of Estoril’s
∑ parquesdesintra.pt
Harold’s Pilgrimage (1812). contemporary role.
The wild, romantic garden of In 1856, the abandoned
this estate is a jungle of exotic estate was bought by another
trees and flowering shrubs. Englishman, Sir Francis Cook,
Among the subtropical foliage who built a fantastic Moorish-
and valley of tree ferns are a style palace and trans formed
water fall, a small lake and a the gardens with a sweeping
chapel, built as a ruin, tangled lawn, camellias and subtropical
trees from all over the world.
INSIDER TIP
Fonte da Telha
Take the beach train 7
from Caparica to the end Estoril
of the line at Fonte da ! D5 £ @ n Largo de
Telha. This is a popular Camões, Cascais; 912 034
family destination, but 214
keep walking and you’ll
quickly find a patch of The lovely resort town of Estoril
golden sands that you is a tourist and business resort, Bathers enjoying the
can have all to yourself. and a place for comfortable clear blue waters and
retirement. What separates sandy beach at Cascais
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