Pleasant woods and plentiful springs of water.

In the photo is the Town Hall of the city of Sintra, this town has remained even nowadays the "noble town surrounded by many estates, pleasant woods with plentiful springs of excellent water", referred to by various old authors.

A tourist region par excellence, Sintra is one of the most delightful places to be found in Portugal. With its extensive range of green bills with its crags - the Serra de Sintra - so picturesquely situated and offering stupendous views of the coastline with its impressive beauty, Sintra is indeed "a garden of the earthly paradise".

There is no visit to Portugal without a stop in Sintra, we spent an afternoon here walking the narrow streets and admiring the hand painted tiles.

Resting in a tree

After several hours of walking by the the coast line of Guincho and Cascais, nothing like resting comfortably in a tree!

We completed the first two days in Portugal with a visit to to of our favorite places, including the site of the expo area in Lisbon.