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PICTURESQUE SEASIDE VILLAGE OF NAZARE' | Santuario de Nossa Senhora da Nazare' |
Monday, June 1, 2009
Located on the western Atlantic Ocean coast, in the Leiria district NAZARE' is a picturesque Seaside village with its sandy beaches.
The village consists of three areas:
A Praia - along the beach
O Sitio - old town on top of a cliff
Pederneira - old town on a hill top
The town's church, Our Lady of Nazare' was absolutely beautiful. I also loved the boulevard along the seashore, the narrow streets, the white houses and the open markets along the streets.
Nazare' was one of the stops our VT Group made. We also had lunch here at Restaurante Sao Miguel. |
| View of Nazare' from O Sitio |
|  | VT BUS TOUR Monday morning June 1, began veeeery early - like 5:00 a.m. as we were to get our tour bus at the SAS Radisson, near Campo Grande Metro Station in Lisbon for 8:30 a.m. and most of us were staying in Cascais. Our large group that was staying at Albergaria Valbom headed for the train station around 6:00 a.m. Most had to buy tickets (1.70 Euro) for the 6:30 train to Lisbon. When we arrived at Cais do Sodre Train station, we then headed for the Metro ( Green Line ) to take us to Campo Grande. We arrived in good time around 8:00 a.m. - even were there before Antonio. After we all availed ourselved of the washrooms in the SAS Radisson, we all piled into the big blue bus and we were on our way.
Our first stop was Batalha Monastery. Then the CrisForm glass-blowing factory in Marinha Grande, where we had a wonderful glass-blowing demonstration and then it was on to Nazare' for lunch at Restaurante Sao Miguel. After lunch it was on to Alcobaca Monastery and finally Obidos.
The bus driver got us back to Lisbon at the SAS Radisson. From there we got to the Metro (Green Line) to Cais do Sodre train station and finally headed back to Cascais. A long day but absolutely wonderful. Thanks so much Antonio and Avelino. It was fantastic. |
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JLBG Mon Sep 7, 2009 22:30 UTC
Great travelogues! Your grilled sardines reminds me of a small harbor in Greece where we had grilled sardines for breakfast, haha! Unusual but finaly pleasant! These seven skirts are impressive! | Pawtuxet Fri Aug 21, 2009 13:49 UTC
Stunning little city...pristine beaches, wonderful local crafts at street vendors. Stonework of the Portuguese at boulevard is classic. | micas_pt Mon Jul 27, 2009 13:57 UTC
Looks like you enjoyed your visit to Nazaré! It was very nice reading your page, I am curious to read the rest specially the ones about Portugal. | Trekki Thu Jun 25, 2009 06:01 UTC
Wonderful views from the top, Lori :-) Ahh, and I love the traditional 7 skirt custome and its meaning :-)) Mhhh, Sardines and the Portugese pavements.... :-)) |
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