LISBON
(
with Arawjo
Tours)
December
29, 2018 – January 3, 2019
Saturday, December 29
Arrival in Lisbon / TRYP Oriente Hotel
(Web
source image of Train Station view)
First
night dinner with new friends; Kathy, Jack, Dick, John, Maura, Mary Beth,
Dianne and Ken
Sunday, December 30
City Tour
The Jerónimos
Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery, is a former monastery of the Order of Saint Jerome near the
Tagus river in the parish of Belém, in the Lisbon
Municipality, Portugal; it was secularised on 28
December 1833 by state decree and its ownership transferred to the charitable
institution, Real Casa Pia de Lisboa. The monastery
is one of the most prominent examples of the Portuguese Late Gothic Manueline
style of architecture in Lisbon. It was classified a UNESCO World Heritage
Site, along with the nearby Tower of Belem in 1983.
(Web
source image of Jeronimos Monastery and Church)
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Belém Tower, or the "Tower of St
Vincent", is a fortified tower located in the civil parish of Santa Maria
de Belém.
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The Discoveries Monument was built in Lisbon in honor of
the great Henry the Navigator, who led Portugal’s discovery expeditions into
the New World during the country’s heyday in the 15th century. It was designed
in 1939 by the Portuguese architect Jose Angelo Cottinelli
Telmo alongside his countryman, sculptor Leopoldo de
Almeida.
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Monday, December 31
The Gulbenkian Museum is
an extraordinary exhibition hall that shows craftsmanship from 2000 BC to the
early twentieth century. The accumulation was given by Calouste
Gulbenkian, a humanitarian and benefactor of
expressions of the human experience of Armenian drop.
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New Year’s Eve Quiet Dinner
Fireworks
from hotel window
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Tuesday, January 1
A day for walking around
the riverfront.
Water fall fountain
outside Oceanarium
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Wednesday, January 2
Excursion to Sintra and Cabo Da Roca
Pena Palace Romanticist
Castle
The Pena Palace is a Romanticist castle in São
Pedro de Penaferrim, in the municipality of Sintra, on the Portuguese Riviera. The castle stands on the
top of a hill in the Sintra Mountains above the town
of Sintra, and on a clear day it can be easily seen from
Lisbon and much of its metropolitan area. It is a national monument and
constitutes one of the major expressions of 19th-century Romanticism in the
world. The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the Seven Wonders
of Portugal. It is also used for state occasions by the President of the
Portuguese Republic and other government officials.
(above image from postcard)
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Cabo Da Roca
Cabo da Roca is a cape which forms the
westernmost extent of mainland Portugal, continental Europe and the Eurasian land
mass. The cape is in the Portuguese municipality of Sintra,
near Azóia, in the southwest of the district of
Lisbon, forming the westernmost extent of the Serra de Sintra.
(above image from postcard)
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Thursday, January 3
Excursion to Obidos, Nazare and Alcobaca
Óbidos Small
Town
in Portugal
Óbidos is a town and a municipality in the
Oeste Subregion in Portugal. The town proper has approximately 3100 inhabitants.
( above images from web source)
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Nazaré Coastal
Town
Nazaré is a Portuguese municipality in Oeste
region and Leiria District, in historical Estremadura province of Portugal. It
is one of the most popular seaside resorts in the Silver Coast, Portugal. Hosts
international surfing events.
(above image from post card)
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Alcobaça
Alcobaça is a city and a municipality in Oeste
Subregion, region Centro in Portugal, formerly included in the Estremadura
Province. The city grew along the valleys of the rivers Alcoa and Baça, from which it derives its name.
Monastery of Alcobaca
In the church
are
the tombs of Pedro I of Portugal and his murdered mistress Ines de Castro.
Visited
by a group of Arawjo nomads.
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The End
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