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Fred
Opperdoes
4th
COST-B9 Congress on Antiprotozoal
Chemotherapy
Social
activities
At the 8th May 2001
will be organized a night tour followed by a
dinner
LISBON (NIGHT TOUR)
Departure from the Congress Center towards Marquês do Pombal, Av. da Liberdade, Rossio, Terreiro do Passo, Padrão dos Descobrimentos (Discovery Monument), Belem Tower, Jerónimos Monastry, Lisbon Bridge, Alcantara, and Estufa Fria Restaurant.
The oficial Travel Agency of the Congress &endash;
Agência Abreu - organizes several tours, some
of which are here described. You can contact them through
their E-mail address or through the following phone and fax
numbers given below:
- E-Mail: LFSousa.lisboa@abreu.pt
- Phone: + 351 21 415 61 25
- Fac simile: + 351 21 415 63 83 / 84
You can also contact Agência Abreu at our facilities in Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical where you will find a small stand, located at the main atrium during 6th, 7th and 8th May 2001.
TOURS
DESCRIPTIONS
LISBON AND THE DISCOVERIES (Half Day Tour)
Departure from the Congress Center driving along the River Tagus to Belém borrough.
Stop by the
Tower
of Belém
a beautiful 16th Century fortress who marks the spot where
the caravels and ships sailed in the 15th Century. The next
stop will be by the Monument to the Portuguese
Sea-Discoveries. Visit to the Church of the Monastery
of Jerónimos,
one of the best examples of the Gothic-Manueline style.
Visit the Coaches Museum which displays the best and largest
world collection of royal carriages from the 16th to the
19th Centuries. Continuation of the tour towards the
Castle
of Saint George
with a walking visit along its ramparts enjoying the
beautiful panorama over Lisbon and the River Tagus estuary.
SINTRA AND CAPE-ROCA (Half Day Tour)
Departure from the
Congress Center towards the small town of Sintra. Visit to
the Gothic
Palace with
wings dating from the 14th Century, with rooms and halls of
Mudejar and Gothic-Naturalistic architecture and beautiful
ceramic tiles "azulejos" from those periods. The two huge
conical kitchen chimneys are the Medieval "ex-libris" of the
town of Sintra. Continuation of the tour driving along the
Mountain of Sintra whose luxuriant vegetation deserved the
name of "Glorious Eden" by the poet Lord Byron. Stop by the
cliffs of Cape-Roca the Western-most point of continental
Europe. Return to Lisbon driving through the towns of
Cascais and Estoril.
ÓBIDOS, NAZARÉ AND BATALHA (Full Day with
Lunch included)
Departure from the Congress Center towards Óbidos. Walking visit along the sinuous streets of this village within the ramparts of the Medieval castle.
The white-washed small
houses with wrought-iron windows covered with bright
coloured flowers, the display of the wares of the local
artisans, makes of this lovely village one of the finest
examples of the old Portuguese contryside. Lunch at
Nazaré followed by a visit to this colourful
fishermen village. Continuation to Batalha for a visit to
the impressive Gothic Monastery of St.Mary of the Victory of
Batalha. Return to Lisbon.
ÉVORA (Full Day with Lunch
included)
Departure from the
Congress Center towards Évora, capital city of the
province of Alto-Alentejo classified by "UNESCO" as
museum-town. Visit to the ruins of the Roman Temple of
Diana, to the Gothic Catedral, to the Church of Saint
Francis and Chapel of Bones. Walk along the old streets with
geminated Gothic-Manueline doors and windows and
"moucharabied" arab-styled verandahs. Lunch in Évora
continuing to Arraiolos for a visit to a work-shop of the
famous hand-made carpets. Return to Lisbon driving along the
typicaly Portuguese cork-tree groves.
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