Saturday, October 26, 2019 Lisbon
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| Elena Gonzales, our local tour guide from Madrid, bought us all a treat |
After our tour, we all had a treat – pasteis de Belem, from a patisserie that makes 50,000/day! Elena says that the pasties de Nata that we have had the last 2 days are only an imitation of the great pasteis de Belem that we are about to sample.
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| Pasteis de Belem - freshly baked |
We drove to the Belem Tower and walked to the seaside to see it. We then had lunch at a little cafeteria restaurant near the tower, before driving to our next destination.
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Belem Tower
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The Belem Tower (Torre de Belem) is a 16th century fortification which has served a fortress and as a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon. It is another example of the Portuguese Manueline architecture and was build from limestone It's 4 stories tall. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1983.
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