Lisbon

The beautiful capital of Portugal.  We visited so many beautiful sights here and in the surrounding towns of Belem, Alfama and Sintra.  Amazing Moorish and Manueline architecture with carvings and ceramic tiles.  Castles, palaces and pastry shops have been visited along with a wee tipple or 2 of their Ginjha (cherry liquor).

View of Lisbon city looking out over the Tejo river

Lisbon

Tiles on all the building fronts

The Lisbon archway and Commercial area

The narrow streets of Alfama

A commercial laundry (still used today) in Alfama

Largo Das Portas do Sol, viewpoint in Alfama

Mosteiro dos Jeronimos (monastery) in Belem.
 The architecture on this building was just
 amazing and the building was huge.

Torre de Belem

Belem

In the queue for the famous Belem
custard pastries

The custard pastry was well
worth queuing for

Castello dos Mouros, Sintra

Views from the Mouros Castle

The Sintra Palace, view from the castle

Sintra Palace

Sintra Palace, once again beautiful
architecture and tiles

The dream kitchen inside the palace!

Quinta de Regaleira, a neo
Manueline mansion and gardens
in Sintra, with grottos, lakes,
fountains and a big well

Looking the part in Regaleira gardens!

Inside the Regaleira well

View from the top of well