Index of Features Articles

Below is an index of our Features Articles with brief descriptions on each one.

• Azulejos Tiling a Nation in Portugal

  

  A popular style of decoration, rich in history and one of many features in buildings of the Portuguese tile azulejo.

• Chiado Lisbon’s Charming Quarter 

  

  One of Lisbon’s upmarket areas favourite with artists and poets in the early 1900s.

• Convento dos Capuchos  Azenhas do Mar
  

  

  The beautiful scenic coastal village of Azenhas do Mar. Also information on the former austere hermitage the Capuchin Convent built amongst boulders by the monks.

• Fernando Pessoa’s Lisboa

  

  Review of a guide of Lisbon written in 1925 by a beloved poet of Portugal Fernando Pessoa.

• Lisbon Estoril Gardens

Gardens and parks that are open to the public in various areas of Lisbon and Estoril.

Palaces, Oceanarium and shops

• Mafra Palace  A Majestic BuildingA  fabulous vast Palace with history and great architecture built in the village of Mafra, a fair distance from the Estoril Coast.

• Miradouros Lookout Spots 

  

  Those vantage spots where you can get great views of the city.

• Oceanarium of Lisbon – Park of Nations 

  

  One of Lisbon’s great modern structures housing tanks with many species of sea creatures, penguins, otters, gardens. A day out for the children.

• Oeiras A Dynamic Borough

  

  A borough which has the Gunpowder factory museum, Vasco da Gama Aquarium, Poets Park (Parque Poetas).

• Queluz Royal Palace – A National Heritage

  

  A 17th century Royal Palace steeped in history with beautifully designed and decorated rooms, as well as beautiful landscaped gardens.

• Quinta da Regaleira Palace in Sintra

  

A picturesque palace built in 1905 surrounded by various types of vegetation.

• Sintra Glorious SintraA main monument in Sintra – the Royal of National Palace. Also a main monument the Quinta da Regaleira, the Moors Castle, the Pena National Palace.

• Spirit of Santo Antonio 13th JuneThe ‘festas’ celebrated with Lisbon’s Patron Saint St Anthony.

• Traditional Portuguese ShopsSome old shops that have been going for decades like the Luvaria Ulisses in Lisbon and some more recent ones selling Portuguese products.

• Tram 28 in Lisboa