Even though it was raining off and on, I wanted to visit Sintra which is located about 40 minutes outside of Lisbon. I saw some amazing pictures of the palaces in the mountains on the internet and I wanted to see it for myself.
With my parents, we could divide up the kids, so we took two in our car and my parents took two in their car. It made for much calmer travelling. It was raining consistently when we arrived at the Palácio Nacional da Pena. We were actually lucky that we came on a rainy day in December because it wasn't crowded, we were able to find free parking and we could enjoy walking through the palace gardens up to the castle. When it stopped raining it was still very misty and so the Palácio looked like a colourful fairy tale castle in the clouds.
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| Palace park |
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| Looks like a mini-mosque in the palace gardens |
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| artificial lake |
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| Front gate to the palace |
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| A little wet, but happy |
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| The kids enjoyed exploring the outer walls of the palace |
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| Doesn't it look like a castle out of a Disney movie? |
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| It's good to arrive early as the tour buses start to arrive mid-morning |
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| Grandma and Grandpa always ready for adventure |
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| The dining room |
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| A very fancy lamp holder in the grand hall |
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| The palace chapel |
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| The kitchen |
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