Lisbon Trip Overview
A day in Lisbon off the beaten track to explore the beautiful countryside. Taste a unique Portuguese wine, made from an exclusive grape variety, (6 wine tastings). Be overwhelmed by the 18th century extraordinary Mafra Royal Palace. You will be amazed by the size, luxury and cost of construction of this UNESCO World Heritage-listed site, the most extraordinary palace in Portugal. Wander around a “forgotten” hidden rural village, with its vivid colors, terracotta roof tiles and cobblestone roads in Aldeia da Mata Pequena.
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Duration: 7 hours
Starts: Lisbon, Portugal
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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A day in Lisbon off the beaten track to explore the beautiful countryside. Taste a unique Portuguese wine, made from an exclusive grape variety, (6 wine tastings). Be overwhelmed by the 18th century extraordinary Mafra Royal Palace. You will be amazed by the size, luxury and cost of construction of this UNESCO World Heritage-listed site, the most extraordinary palace in Portugal. Wander around a “forgotten” hidden rural village, with its vivid colors, terracotta roof tiles and cobblestone roads in Aldeia da Mata Pequena.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Manzwine, Largo da Praca 8-A, Mafra 2640-160 Portugal
Learn about a very small wine producer that fell in love with this region and decided to save an exclusive grape from extintion.
Here you will taste 6 different wines from the local and and other portuguese regions along with local traditional tapas and homemade bread.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
Stop At: Cheleiros Old Bridge (or Cheleiros Roman Bridge), R. do Arco da Ponte, 2640-121 Cheleiros, Portugal
Perfect arch Roman bridge so critialb in the past was preserved until today.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Aldeia Da Mata Pequena, Mata Pequena, Mafra 2640-401 Portugal
Marvel and wander in this almost forgotten hidden Portuguesel old village.
Hidden in the middle of rural area, Mata pequena is beeing brought to live again, with its white-washed walls and picturesque houses, colourful buganvilleas, clay roof tiles. A glimpse to what was life more than a hundred years ago.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Palacio Nacional de Mafra, Terreiro D. Joao v, Mafra 2640-492 Portugal
Learn and be surprised by this huge excentric Palace commissioned by a Portugusese King in 1717 to fulfil a vote of succession. Palace of Mafra is Portugal’s most important Baroque monument. Built from local stone, it spreads along 120.000f, comprising 1.200 rooms, 4.700 doors and windows and 156 stairs. Such magnificence was only possible due to the Brazilian gold that poured into the country. The King spared no expense as he ordered sculptures and paintings from Italian and Portuguese Master Builders and two carillons with 92 bells found to be the greatest of their time. The Palace also boasts six historic organ pipes in the Basilica, an important 18th-century library with around 36.000 volumes and a Convent Nucleus including a period hospital. Even though it was not used as a permanent residence by the Royal Family, the Palace of Mafra was regularly visited by kings, who came to attend religious feasts or to hunt in the game reserve.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
