photo's  Middle and South part of Portugal (go with  top to the upper part of the table)
kust (1)	kust (2)	Sintra -dos Mouros(1)	Sintra-dos Mouros(2)	top Sintra -dos Mouros(3)
Sintra -dos Mouros(4)	Sintra -dos Mouros(5)	Sintra (da Pena 1)	Sintra (da Pena 2)	top Sintra (da Pena 3)
Sintra (da Pena 4)	Sintra (da Pena 5)	Sintra (da Pena 6)	Sintra (da Pena 7)	top Sintra (da Pena 8)
Cabo de Roca (1)	Cabo de Roca (2)	monastery (1)	monastery (2)	top Batalha (1)
Batalha (2)	Batalha (3)	Batalha (4)	Batalha (5)	top Fatima (1)
Fatima (2)	Fatima (3)	Fatima (4)	Fatima (5)	top Fatima (6)
Fatima (7)	Fatima (8)	Fatima (9)	Fatima (10)	top Fatima (11)
Fatima (12)	Fatima (13)	Fatima (14)	Fatima (15)	top Fatima (16)
Fatima (17)	Fatima (18)	Fatima (19)	cork tree	top cork storage (1)
cork storage (2)	cork storage(3)	Evora-aquaduct (1)	Evora-aquaduct (2)	top Algarve (1)
Algarve (2)	Algarve (3)	Algarve (Pousada)	Marble sawing (1)	top Marble sawing(2)

Middle and South part of  Portugal
North of Lisboa is the city Sintra. In this city there're several castles, but the most intresting castle is  da Pena. This has been the castle of the former queen of Portugal. The castle was a monastery, but the queen rebuild it to a castle. It does have a variety of stiles and it looks like a castle you would find in an atraction park like Disneyland. inside you also see a lot of different stiles and a lot of furniture. It's valuable, but it does look like a Gipsy house.

The coast of  Portugal is very rough here, which makes it beautiful.  Cabo de Roca is the most western part of the mainland of Europe.

On our way to Fatima we passed the place Batalha. Here thereb was a big cathedral that was totaly burned. It looked a bit creapy to me.

More to the middle of Portugal there's the pilgrimage place of  Fatima. the churches are not that special, but you see large squares and a lot of parking places, so that implicates a lot of visitors. When I visited the place there was a procession of the Virgin Mary. All the people created a special atmosphere.

In Castello Branco there's a beautiful botanic garden, but unfortunately it was raining cats and dogs when I was there, so I didn't take photo's of this garden.

To the south there's the city Evora. In this city there's a large aquaduct. We stayed in a 3 stars hotel named  Don Luiz. I would give this hotel 0 stars, it was an old and dirty hotel, with a stinking room.

When I drove through Portugal I noticed most cities looked like strongholds. portugal has often been in war with Spain.  You will also see a lot of  cork trees . Cork is the bark of the cork tree. It's with port the main export product of Portugal..

When you pass a  Pousada , don't forget to drink a cup of cofee (and have a look) in this hotel.

In South  Portugal (The Algarve) there're many beaches you can go to for sunbathing. This is also the more touristic part of Portugal. Here you can find tourist shops, disco's etc. The landscape and culture are less intresting.