Cascais and Sintra

Cascais and Sintra

Getaway day started with drive up the coast to beautiful Cascais and then into the mountains to historic Sintra, with our wonderful guide Yellow Cab TT Tour guide Paula.

Coffee stop before we leave Lisbon...

And the Banana Café

LOL on the sign.

Driving up the coast.

Cascais.

Pretty coastlne in Cascais.

Cutesy downtown Cascais, or cash-cash.

Portugal's most famous son.

Cascais Beach.

Ritzy development just north of Cascais.

Ronaldo's new home.

The Lighthouse at Cabo da Roca...

The western most point in continental Europe.

Pretty drive into the mountains to Sintra.

Our wonderful guide/driver Paula.

Who knew cork came from cork trees.  

We stopped for lunch at a restaurant where locals go.

Since it's sardine season, we took one for the team as a starter.

With "normal" mains.  

Our guide Paula stopping to chat with an old friend, famous Portugese actress Alexandra Lencastre

After lunch, a visit to Old Sintra.

Then off for the hour drive to the airport, passing Benfica Stadium.