lisbon day 2- Belem

We went to Afonso de Albuquerque Square by tramearly in the morning.It is a public square in the Belém district of the city of Lisbon, Portugal.

The square is located in front of Belém Palace, a 17th-18th-century palace that nowadays serves as residence for the President of Portugal. The square is named after the first conqueror of India, Afonso de Albuquerque, and offers the best views of Belém Palace. It has a beautiful monument, in neo-Manueline style, by artists Silva Pinto and Costa Mota tio, inaugurated in 1902. The monument carries a bronze statue of Afonso de Albuquerque and has interesting reliefs about his life.

The site of the square used to be a harbour, built in 1753. In 1807, Queen Mary I, Prince John VI and the royal family fled Lisbon from this harbour to Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, to escape the Napoleonic troops which had invaded Portugal.

Then, we walked to the Hieronymites Monastery

It is located near the shore of the parish of Belém, in the municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. The monastery is one of the most prominent monuments of the Manueline-style architecture (Portuguese late-Gothic) in Lisbon, classified in 1983 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with the nearby Tower of Belém.

Then, we had our lunch in well known egg tart restaurant

 

lisbon day 2- Belem

We went to Afonso de Albuquerque Square by tramearly in the morning.It is a public square in the Belém district of the city of Lisbon, Portugal.

The square is located in front of Belém Palace, a 17th-18th-century palace that nowadays serves as residence for the President of Portugal. The square is named after the first conqueror of India, Afonso de Albuquerque, and offers the best views of Belém Palace. It has a beautiful monument, in neo-Manueline style, by artists Silva Pinto and Costa Mota tio, inaugurated in 1902. The monument carries a bronze statue of Afonso de Albuquerque and has interesting reliefs about his life.

The site of the square used to be a harbour, built in 1753. In 1807, Queen Mary I, Prince John VI and the royal family fled Lisbon from this harbour to Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, to escape the Napoleonic troops which had invaded Portugal.

Then, we walked to the Hieronymites Monastery

It is located near the shore of the parish of Belém, in the municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. The monastery is one of the most prominent monuments of the Manueline-style architecture (Portuguese late-Gothic) in Lisbon, classified in 1983 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with the nearby Tower of Belém.

Then, we had our lunch in well known egg tart restaurant

 

Faro

We took 3 hours train to Faro early in the morning, which cost 15 euro.

We had our dinner in the 

Then, we walked along the beach and old Faro Town.

There are 3 entrance for the old town.

The bell tower with the nest!

The first entrance- Arco Da Villa.

Faro catedral

view point from the bell tower

the famous entrance- double arch

lisbon day 2- Belem

We went to Afonso de Albuquerque Square by tramearly in the morning.It is a public square in the Belém district of the city of Lisbon, Portugal.

The square is located in front of Belém Palace, a 17th-18th-century palace that nowadays serves as residence for the President of Portugal. The square is named after the first conqueror of India, Afonso de Albuquerque, and offers the best views of Belém Palace. It has a beautiful monument, in neo-Manueline style, by artists Silva Pinto and Costa Mota tio, inaugurated in 1902. The monument carries a bronze statue of Afonso de Albuquerque and has interesting reliefs about his life.

The site of the square used to be a harbour, built in 1753. In 1807, Queen Mary I, Prince John VI and the royal family fled Lisbon from this harbour to Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, to escape the Napoleonic troops which had invaded Portugal.

Then, we walked to the Hieronymites Monastery

It is located near the shore of the parish of Belém, in the municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. The monastery is one of the most prominent monuments of the Manueline-style architecture (Portuguese late-Gothic) in Lisbon, classified in 1983 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with the nearby Tower of Belém.

Then, we had our lunch in well known egg tart restaurant

 

Sintra

We went to Sintra on the third day. There are 2 castle that we visited, which is Palace of Pena and the Moorish Castle.

It was in Penha Verde, that the earliest remnants of human occupation were discovered: these vestiges testify to an occupation dating to the early Paleolithic. Comparable remnants were discovered in an open-air site in São Pedro de Canaferrim, alongside the chapel of the Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish Castle), date back to the Neolithic, and include decorated ceramics and microlithic flintutensils from the fifth century B.C. Probably, between the fourth and third millennia B.C., the region was occupied (adjacent to the actual village of Sintra) by a Neolithic/Chalcolithic settlement, from the presence of ceramic fragments, whose characteristics were comparable to fortified settlements in Lisbon and Setúbal, as well as many of the comparable late Chalcolithic vases that punctuated the Sintra mountains.

Then, we went to Palace of Pena.

We walked around till 4.00 o clock then we took the bus back, cost 5.90.

We went to famous UMA restaurant to have our dinner.

We ordered the prize winner seafood rice!

It taste so nice!

the codfish

Paris Day 3

The third day we woke up 10a.m. and only managed to start our journey at 12p.m.
It was musee day for us.
We planned to visit 3 musee in a day which is Musee Lourve which well known for the portrait of Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci, Venus De Milo which is the symbolic of the balance of the earth, Napolean, Augusta painting.

We spent quite some time to search for the famous Winged Victory as we followed the audio guide which I downloaded beforehand as the musee is so big that we can get lost without following a proper guide.
Then, we gave up searching and asked for direction instead.Only we get to know that the sculpture is under renovation. 

the entrance of the musee louvre

next to it, you can find the secret pathway to the shopping mall and you will use half of the time to get into the musee!

Hre I am!

trying to imitate

random wall sculpture

our group photo

Also, we managed to have a quick glance of Mona Lisa painting.

The room are so crowded that it is almost impossible to take a close-up selfie with Mona lIsa

The next station is Musee Orsay, which is well known for the Monet, the Van Gough painting, and the big clock.

We spent quite some tome to figure out the meaning behind all the painting before we read through the description and obviously we are not artistic and imaginative enough to find out the deep maeaning behind the painting. However, I really admired the hard pieces of art.

Our Lady of Freedom

We only managed to visit 2 musee in the end. 

Well, after that, it was almost night time and we decided to go for the last station which is the Arc the Triumph before it closed. We really rushed from one station to the next and always arrived the moment before it closed down! Is it lucky or bad plan? haha, from the airport to the musee orsay and now the arc of the triumph.But still, we managed to get in. 

The spiral stairs lead us to the top of the Triumph. We saw the buildings are just like small ants everywhere shining with different lighting.

hre we are, inside the Arc

from the top of the Arch

the fire that never burnt off!

 Then. we went to Concorde to search for the famous Macaron again! disappointment overwelmed us! It is closed!

Then ,we know that not just Christmas Eve but most of the restaurants here close before 7 or 8 p.m. Feeling desperate to search around for food after having just biscuit for our breakfast and lunch! Staving!

Finally, we went to another restaurant! surprisingly, they sell Macaron too! ( though a bit expensive but well- worth)

well, we passed by Eiffel Tower on the way back! So, another photo with Eiffel Tower! =P