Sunday, October 27, 2019 Lisbon
Water has been integrated into the Park of Nations design. The entire park borders a 5 km stretch of the Tagus River. A long walkway, the Passeio Ribeirinho, allows for great vistas of the Tagus estuary, including the Ponte Vasco da Gama, which at 17.2 km is one of the longest bridges in Europe.
The Expo hosted more than 11 million visitors, and guests could take the 8 minute cable car ride from the east to the west end of the park. The Vasco da Gama tower was built to resemble a ship mast with a crow's nest.
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| Sky gondola travels over the walkway toward the Vasco da Gama Tower and the Vasco da Gama Bridge in the distance |
Water has been integrated into the Park of Nations design. The entire park borders a 5 km stretch of the Tagus River. A long walkway, the Passeio Ribeirinho, allows for great vistas of the Tagus estuary, including the Ponte Vasco da Gama, which at 17.2 km is one of the longest bridges in Europe.
The Expo hosted more than 11 million visitors, and guests could take the 8 minute cable car ride from the east to the west end of the park. The Vasco da Gama tower was built to resemble a ship mast with a crow's nest.
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| At the end of the quay, the Vasco da Gama tower is constructed to resemble a crow's next on top of a ship's mast |
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| The complex estuary along the Tagus River supports a great natural habitat |
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| The receding tide etches deeply into the river bottom |
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| You have to strain hard to see the Vasco da Gama bridge through the fog, even though it's 10 miles long |
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| The twin apartment towers São Gabriel and São Rafael were named after – and resemble – two of Vasco da Gama’s ships |
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