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SINTRA

Romantic, overgrown, mountain garden of palaces hidden with the forest.

Distance from the hotel: 30km

Time to get there: 35 min

Suggested length of trip: 8hrs

Description:

Sintra is a single mountain micro climate that catches the westerly clouds coming off the Atlantic and turns them into a romantic lush overgrown wonderland of palaces, noble homes and a very romantic village and surrounding roads that wind up adn down the mountain.

The Pena Palace up on the peak, the Queens´ Palace down in the village, the Monserrat Palace once owned by Thomas Cook, the gardens, the village,

Sintra was once home to Lord Byron and was the quintessential summer getaway to escape Lisbon´s heat for the nobles and gentry in the 19th Century.

Our driver can take you back to Santiago via Cabo da Roca, the western-most tip of Europe, where you can stop for a quick drink at his local the Dom Quixote.

Journey:

Theere are two routes to Sintra, the direct highway and the scenic route winding along the Atlantic coast line.  We recommend depending on the time of day you go to take one route there and the other back.  The highway is 30 minutes and the scenic takes an hour.

Lunch:

There are a number of choices in the village or we can recommend you some of our favourites.

Prior to arrival we can arrange a dozen roses to be waiting in your room. Please let us know your colour preference?

SINTRA

Romantic, overgrown, mountain garden of palaces hidden with the forest.

Distance from the hotel: 30km

Time to get there: 35 min

Suggested length of trip: 8hrs

Description:

Sintra is a single mountain micro climate that catches the westerly clouds coming off the Atlantic and turns them into a romantic lush overgrown wonderland of palaces, noble homes and a very romantic village and surrounding roads that wind up adn down the mountain.

The Pena Palace up on the peak, the Queens´ Palace down in the village, the Monserrat Palace once owned by Thomas Cook, the gardens, the village,

Sintra was once home to Lord Byron and was the quintessential summer getaway to escape Lisbon´s heat for the nobles and gentry in the 19th Century.

Our driver can take you back to Santiago via Cabo da Roca, the western-most tip of Europe, where you can stop for a quick drink at his local the Dom Quixote.

Journey:

Theere are two routes to Sintra, the direct highway and the scenic route winding along the Atlantic coast line.  We recommend depending on the time of day you go to take one route there and the other back.  The highway is 30 minutes and the scenic takes an hour.

Lunch:

There are a number of choices in the village or we can recommend you some of our favourites.

ÓBIDOS

Medieval, cobbled, walled village and home to famous Ginginha aperitive .

Distance from the hotel: 84km

Time to get there: 1hr 

Suggested length of trip: 8hrs

Description:

Surrounded by a classic crenellated wall, Óbidos´gorgeous historic centre is a Labyrinth of cobblestoned streets and flower-bedecked, white washed houses livened up dashes of vivid yellow adn blue paint.  It´s a delightful place to pass an afternoon, but there are plenty of reasons to stay overnight, there are excellent accommodation options including a hilltop castle now converted into one of Portugal's most luxurious pousadas (upmarket hotels)

Hill-Town aficionados looking to savour

Journey:

Theere are two routes to Sintra, the direct highway and the scenic route winding along the Atlantic coast line.  We recommend depending on the time of day you go to take one route there and the other back.  The highway is 30 minutes and the scenic takes an hour.

Lunch:

There are a number of choices in the village or we can recommend you some of our favourites.

NAZARÉ

Old Atlantic fishing village.  Home to the largest wave in the world, to real fishermen and lovers of the wild Atlantic.

Distance from the hotel: 121km

Time to get there: 1h 30min

Suggested length of trip: 8hrs

Description:

Nazaré is home to fishermen, and most famously to fisherwomen.  The traditional Nazaré fisherman´s wives, nearly always dressed in black reminding us of the danger of fishing the North Atlantic.  Many of Nazaré´s sons werew responsible for fishing the Newfoundland cod banks off Boston.  The Phoenicians are reputed to have got as far as Nazare and their high-prowed narrow fishing boats designed to break out of the surf are a testimony to that legacy.

A small typical and very old fishing town, Nazaré is charming and well worth the visit.

More recently Nazaré has become a surf destination, but only for the professionals, as Nazaré boasts the largest wave in the world, and the place where McNamara spends his winters in search of breaking his own record.

Journey:

Highway almost all the way and on teh way one drives close to Obidos, should you want to stop off for a coffee.

Lunch:

There are a number of choices in the village although we tend to eat at ´Casa Pires´or ´A Tasquinha´

Our Driver will collect from the airport, cruise port, bus or train station and deliver you straight to our front door.

Idle-vice is a chris craft sportsman sedan and extremely rare to find in Europe.

She was designed before wwii, but construction was stopped for the war and started again only in 1950. 

Idle-vice left the factory in 1953 and worked the great lakes in the USA for over 60 years until the owners of the Santiago brought her to Portugal to enjoy the tagus river and the sights of Lisbon seen from the sea and from the estuary, the way all the travellers saw Lisbon before air travel

Idle vice seats a maximum of four people

Tour to Lisbon (2 - 2.5 Hours)

Leave Oeiras Marina and head East up the Tagus River past all the places of Maritime history and see old Lisbon from the River. Key points of Interest will include :

·      Bugio Light House – the official gateway to the Tagus river and sea port

·      River Forte of Giribalta in Paço de Arcos

·      River Forte of São Bruno in Caxias

·      The Champalimaud Foundation for the Unknown

·      The Praia de Descobrimentos

·      Torre de Belem

·      Discoveries Monument (With Jeronimos Nataional Monastary behind)

·      Museum of Electricity

·      Medieval River Docks

·      Pass under the 25^th of April Suspension Bridge, under the watch of the Christo Rei Monument

·      Past the working Lisbon Sea Port for Containers

·      Stop in front of old central Lisbon, Praça de Comércio

·      Up to Alfama and Campo de Cebolas and return

Drop off choice either back in Oeiras or in Belem    

Idle-vice is a chris craft sportsman sedan and extremely rare to find in Europe.

She was designed before wwii, but construction was stopped for the war and started again only in 1950.

Idle-vice left the factory in 1953 and worked the great lakes in the USA for over 60 years until the owners of the Santiago brought her to Portugal to enjoy the tagus river and the sights of Lisbon seen from the sea and from the estuary, the way all the travellers saw Lisbon before air travel

Idle vice seats a maximum of four people

Tour to Cascais (1.5 - 2 hours)

Leave Oeiras Marina that sits at the mouth of the Tagus river and head west along the “Lisbon Riviera” beaches towards Estoril and Cascais. Key points of interest include :

·      Carcavelos Sea Forte

·      The Riviera Beaches

·      1890´s Bone Hospital on the Sea

·      Former Dictator Salazar´s Summer Forte and Private Beach

·      Estoril Casino

·      Coastline of WWII spies

·      Famous Bay of Cascais

·      Boca do Inferno (“Mouth of hell”) blow hole

Parking:

The hotel is situated within the most historic zone in Lisbon, there are barriers in place to restrict traffic in and around the castle.  If you are driving to the hotel and wish access to this zone to drop your luggage, please email or phone on the day of arrival for the access code, to allow you entrance.

Parking is not permitted within the historic zone.

Once you have off loaded, please collect a card at reception with more detailed directions to the underground car park.  We have limited ´reduced fee´ bays available for 15€/night.   We highly recommend that you book ahead of your stay, to ensure space is available throughout your stay.

Chão de Loureiro Car Park