The big day out

Up early to get on our tour to Sintra and Cascais. After a run around Lisbon to pick up other tourists, we had a van full of 8 Australians and began the run to the summer palace area of Sintra. A winding road up to the Pena Palace was clogged with tour buses and after parking we faced a long uphill walk to the palace. One lady found this to be impossible and we all were delayed while our guide tried to find tuk-tuks and shuttle buses to get her to the top.
The palace was an eclectic mix of architectural styles and colours, but in an incredible position on the top of the mountain, looking down on the old Moorish castle. The walk through was interesting but slow going, before we headed down to the town of Sintra for lunch with our new friends, the sisters from Melbourne. Our time now became rushed because of time taken to cater for our infirmed participant.
Trip out to the Capo Boca to see the cliffs, and then the coastal resort town of Cascais were shortened. We then hit peak hour traffic getting back to our Lisbon apartment for an early.