Portugal offers many attractions for visitors. The author spent time in Lisbon, the capital, and saw landmarks like Avenida da Liberdade lined with shops and Praça do Comércio near the Tagus River. They also visited St. George's Castle, with its thick walls offering views of Lisbon, and the Belem neighborhood, home to the Jeronimos Monastery and Tower of Belem. In Oporto, they enjoyed the World of Discoveries museum recreating Portuguese exploration and the tiled panels at Estação Sao Bento station. The trip concluded with wine tasting in Porto and experiences on the Atlantic coast.

1. OUR EXPERIENCE
IN
PORTUGAL
September 2014
Portugal is a place that we'd never thought of
visiting, because people are usually attracted by
other famous destinations.
Anyway we'd like to say that this place is full of
things to see and do.
It's lively and vibrant at night and welcoming
and relaxing in the morning.

2. Lisbon
The first city we visited and where we spent three days was Lisbon.It's the
capital of Portugal and it is absolutely huge.When we took the bus from
the airport to the hostel what we first saw were the skyscrapers and the
large streets, especially "Avenida da Liberdade" well known for its tree-
lined avenue that leads to the historical centre and for its elegant shops
like Gucci, Chanel and many others.

3. Avenida da Liberdade

4. Two of the main
squares in Lisbon:
“ Rossio” square is the popular
name of the Pedro VI square. It has
been the setting of popular revolts
and celebrations and a meeting
place for people of Lisbon for
centuries.
Nowadays it’s constantly populated
by Lisboners and tourists alike.

6. Praça do Comercio
(Trade Square)
• Situated near the Tagus river the
square is still commonly known
as Terreiro do Praço because it was
the location of the Paços da
Ribeira.The square was
named Praça do Comércio, the
Square of Trade, to indicate its new
function in the economy of Lisbon

7. St. George's
Castle.
The latter is amazing, it
has big thick walls and
the exciting thing is that
you can walk on them.
From there you can
admire a wonderful
landscape, you can see
the whole city of Lisbon.

8. Here some glimpses of the castle

9. In this building, there is also a
special room instituted in 1998,
where there is an observatory in
one of the castle’s towers.
In this sort of pan, visitors can
admire the whole city of Lisbon,
because the images captured by
the top of the tower are projected
on it. It’s called “Camera Oscura”.

10. Hanging Around the
Belem Neighborhood !

11. After quite a long trip
by bus, we arrived in
Belem, a district of
Lisbon, where we
found exciting
things… Firstly the
monastery of
Jeronimos, protected
by the UNESCO,
whose church hosts
the remains of Vasco
da Gama.

12. Secondly the Tower of Belem,
used to defend the mouth of the
river Tago
Here a sweet surprise!
A typical Portuguese sweet,
Pasteis de Nata, made with sugar,
eggs, puff pastry and flour

13. Chilling out in
“Jardim de Belèm”

14. Here we are
at tHe
convent!!
Leaving Lisbon
and going to
Marco do
canaveses

15. Visiting the
archaeological digs
with the Portuguese
students

16. Oporto
One of the most beautiful cities we’ve ever seen.
We really enjoyed the “World of Discoveries”, an
interactive museum that recreates the odyssey of
portugues navigators

17. some other Pictures of the
museum

18. Praça da Liberdade
This square is lined by white
Victorian buildings, one of them
is hosting the municipality

19. Estaçao Sao
Bento
Inaugurated in 1916, the
historical station is known
for its tile (azulejo) panels
that depict scenes from
the History of Portugal

20. hanging
around
oPorto !

21. other shots of oPorto
here the most
imPortant cathedral
of the town

22. A fAboulous
lAndscApe

23. dom
luis
bridge
Made by Gustave
Eiffel!

24. Port wine is famous for his sweet taste, the
most famous productor is Sandeman,
established in 1790 in London by George
Sandeman. So we visited the cellars and we
tasted the wine.
discovering port wine

25. our first time on the AtlAntic
oceAn!!!
During a freak wave

26. color
run!!!

27. It’s time to go
See you soon
Portugal !