De freguesia Belém, net ten westen van het centrum van Lissabon, heeft vele monumenten die verband houden met de maritieme geschiedenis van Portugal en de tijd van de ontdekkingsreizen. De Padrão dos Descobrimentos en de Torre de Belém zijn al eerder besproken. De grootste schat van Belém is echter zonder…
The parish of Belém, just west of Lisbon’s city centre, has many monuments related to Portugal’s naval history and the Age of Discoveries. The Padrão dos Descobrimentos and the Torre de Belém have already been discussed. Yet Belém’s greatest treasure is arguably the awe-inspiring Jerónimos Monastery. It was built between…
We have twice been to Sintra, a city west of Lisbon on the edge of the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park. The first time was in May 2011, when we took a train from Lisbon’s Rossio Station, a trip of some 45 minutes. The second time was in August 2015. This time,…