Lisbon is a beautiful city, but so is its entire surroundings. Portugal is a country rich in history and beauty that is not only related to its capital city. On this page you will find a list of the best trips that you can go on and places you can visit near Lisbon. Lisbon is very well connected by train with all places, so you will arrive in no time, and you will surely be delighted.
Luis de Camoes, a Portuguese poet from the 16th century, wrote for Cabo da Roca cape that it is "the place where the land ends and the sea begins". Cabo da Roca is a cape near Sintra, located in the Sintra-Cascais Nature Park. The Sintra-Cascais Nature Park stretches from the Sintra Mountains to the Cascais beaches and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The cape represents the westernmost point of continental Europe and an important coordinate for all those sailing along the coast. It is located at 38 ° 47´ north latitude and 9 ° 30´west longitude, and 150 meters above the ocean.
Estoril - an attractive luxury place for ideal vacations, for vacations such as kings once had. Estoril is a small town, more precisely a settlement located in the municipality of Cascais. If you come to Cascais, it is inadmissible to skip Estoril. The symbols of Estoril are its casino, golf courses, numerous luxury hotels, perfect golden sandy beaches, transparent blue ocean. In the Middle Ages, Estoril was a fishing port and village, and Estoril had such a status until the opening of the casino. After the opening of the casino, which served to entertain wealthy people, luxury hotels began to be built in the area, which led to this "town" turning into a very attractive tourist destination, but again for those who belong to the upper class
Cascais as a beautiful tourist place, abounds in tourist attractions, so the museum Condes de Castro Guimaraes is an unavoidable place in it. It is located inside Marechal Carmona Park with a beautiful and well-preserved garden. The museum was built in 1900 as a house/summer house for Cascais aristocrats, and its builder was Jorge O'Neill who built according to the design of Francisco Vilaca. The romantic look and yellow facade of the museum is unique. The styles attributed to him are neo-romanticism, neo-gothic, neomanueline and neo-maure.
Casino Estoril is the largest casino on the Portuguese Riviera and one of the largest in Europe. The cornerstone of the casino was laid in 1916, and the idea for its construction was proposed by the then president Bernardino Machado. It is said that spies gathered in the casino during the Second World War, so this place significantly served as a novel about James Bond, which was written later. The look of the casino was designed by various architects, because it has been extended several times since it was built.
