Rethinking Sintra and considering Cascais
Mar 31st, 2022, 05:05 PM
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Mel and progol,
In case you have the time and want another hike while in the Douro, there's a trail from the magnificent viewpoint of Casal de Loivos (where there's an olive oil museum to visit and to sample) down to the village of Pinhão that you might enjoy, if you're up for a hike.
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/port...s-a-pinhao?u=i
In case you have the time and want another hike while in the Douro, there's a trail from the magnificent viewpoint of Casal de Loivos (where there's an olive oil museum to visit and to sample) down to the village of Pinhão that you might enjoy, if you're up for a hike.
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/port...s-a-pinhao?u=i
Mar 31st, 2022, 05:39 PM
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Mar 31st, 2022, 05:41 PM
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Mel and progol,
In case you have the time and want another hike while in the Douro, there's a trail from the magnificent viewpoint of Casal de Loivos (where there's an olive oil museum to visit and to sample) down to the village of Pinhão that you might enjoy, if you're up for a hike.
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/port...s-a-pinhao?u=i
In case you have the time and want another hike while in the Douro, there's a trail from the magnificent viewpoint of Casal de Loivos (where there's an olive oil museum to visit and to sample) down to the village of Pinhão that you might enjoy, if you're up for a hike.
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/port...s-a-pinhao?u=i
Apr 21st, 2022, 05:12 PM
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I just started to look at tickets for the Sintra sites. It looks like the only site that requires timed entry tickets is Peña Palace; the other sites are untimed, so don’t have a specific date and time. Is this correct? That makes it so much easier!
Apr 21st, 2022, 05:44 PM
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Apr 21st, 2022, 07:37 PM
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[QUOTE=Maribel;17345061].
I regret mentioning our experience but thought it might be helpful.
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Maribel: don't regret, too much, mentioning your experience in Sintra; had I been the original poster, I would have appreciated it. I overlooked Sintra on my first (and so far, only) visit to Lisbon, perhaps becoming the first tourist ever to do so, so obviously I don't know from experience what I might have missed. But then again, I did enough research to know what is there -- gaudy pleasure palaces for snooty aristocrats are not my scene (though I know there's more to Sintra than those), and huge tourist mobs will ruin anything -- anything! -- for me. It's possible that other readers, as well, noted your opinions with interest.
I regret mentioning our experience but thought it might be helpful.
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Maribel: don't regret, too much, mentioning your experience in Sintra; had I been the original poster, I would have appreciated it. I overlooked Sintra on my first (and so far, only) visit to Lisbon, perhaps becoming the first tourist ever to do so, so obviously I don't know from experience what I might have missed. But then again, I did enough research to know what is there -- gaudy pleasure palaces for snooty aristocrats are not my scene (though I know there's more to Sintra than those), and huge tourist mobs will ruin anything -- anything! -- for me. It's possible that other readers, as well, noted your opinions with interest.
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