Daytrip suggestions
These are just a few suggestions for some daytrips. If you have questions, let us know.
Lisbon: the capital
There are many interesting sites with information about Lisbon. We have listed a few of them for you.
Also a few suggestions for a day (or 2) sightseeing, what to do when it is raining and a few options that are still not that well known.
If you have a question about Lisbon, send us a mail. We have been living in Lisbon for almost 2 decades and would like to provide the information you are looking for.
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Patio dos Arcos - Palacio da Pena
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Romantic Sintra.
A “must visit” 20 km from Casa das Murtas. Sintra is romantic and mystic at misty days, with unique monuments, flora and fauna that gave Sintra its Unesco Status.
The serra reaches a height of 529 meter and the rich vegetation, the freshness of the fauna and the beauty of its panoramas, make it a beautiful, fairytail-like destination.
Its full of palaces of all sizes, exotic in style or graceful in their own simplicity of which a few are open to the public.
Medieval Óbidos.
Óbidos is beautiful, medieval walled town on a hill at about 75 km of Casa das Murtas, easily reachable through the A21 and A8.
With its small, twisting, cobblestone streets, its Mourish castle, traditional painted houses in white, blue or yellow and its small churches it is definitely very picturesque.
You can climb on the citywalls and walk around Óbidos with a view to both the village or the surrounding fields.
As a daytrip you could combine it with a visit of Alcobaça and its Unesco monastry, Caldas da Rainha or the Berlenga island near Peniche. Continue reading...
Alcobaça
Alcobaça (distance 112 km) is a small town in with a fantastic monastry that is located right in the center on the main square.
This Unesco monument is according to the organization a “masterpiece of Cistercian Gothic Art” because of “its size, the purity of its architectural style, the beauty of the materials and the care with which it was built”.
The church, which you can visit for free, is impressive in all it simplicity. In the monastry the kitchen takes center stage with it 18m high chimney, covered in azulejos from the 18th century. Continue reading...