Getting Around
In Lisbon, you will find a great time of fun and sightseeing by taking a ride on a horse-pulled carriage and enjoy the marvelous manor-houses located within the grounds of century old farms. Visit the Pena Palace, built by Fernando Cobourg Gothas on the ruins of a monastery from the 16th century. Here you will enjoy great Gothic, Manueline, and Romantic architecture in the most exclusive royal residence.
In the Cascais, you will find the cosmopolitan and diverse seaside resorts, also including the Mafra Convent, the verdant Serra da Arrabida (Arrabida Natural Reserve), the quaint Sesimbra, the Sado estuary and the aristocratic farmhouses of Azeitão. Heading south, you will encounter the ochre and the amazing beaches of the Alentejo coastline with an ample horizon of the Atlantic.
Visit the Mafra Convent, which is a palace built in the 18th. It is the largest Portuguese religious monument. It features 330 cells for its monks and possesses ample royal apartments it holds over 35.000 collector’s books, carillon, basilica, and museums.
Estoril is one of the most famous tourism places in the world and features casino, golf course and racing track. You can visit the magnificent collection of musical instruments related to popular music, assembled by MichaeI Giacometti in the Verdades-Farias Museum or marvel at the astonishing Santo António Church that stands out in this cosmopolitan resort where the agitated nightlife is the best.