This morning we retrieved our car from the parking garage and left Lisbon. As our Uber driver said last night Lisbon was designed for carriages not cars! It was a stressful drive but we succeeded in finding our way out of the city.
We had a short drive today to the little town of Colores. Even though checking time at Vila Vitorino, the B and B where we are staying, is at 3:00, when Duke called this morning Mr. Vitorino the manager, said we could store our bags at noon. We wanted to visit Sintra but we didn’t like the idea of leaving all our stuff in the car in a giant public parking lot. When we arrived at noon Mr Vitorino had our rooms ready and we were able to check n. It was such a relief.
There are multiple palaces and a Moorish Castle in Sintra. Visiting Sintra is a very popular day trip from Lisbon. After we found a parking spot and walked to the Tourist Information office we found out that almost all the palaces and the Moorish Castle are closed because of damage from the big storm last week. But thank goodness the Palácio Nacional was open. So we hiked up to the palace, bought tickets and went in.
There were several beautiful and interesting rooms. I think we all liked the kitchen best. The towers in the picture above are the chimneys for the kitchen.
After visiting the palace we went back to Vila Vitorino, relaxed and played cars. Later we drove down to a nearby beach to enjoy the sunset.
For dinner we drove to the coastal town of Azoia and ate at a wonderful restaurant called 3Gomes.
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